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Naomi Klein: Big Oil's Iraq deals are the greatest stick-up in history

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:34 -0000

Once oil passed $140 a barrel, even the most rabidly rightwing media hosts had to prove their populist credibility by devoting a portion of every show to bashing Big Oil. Some have gone so far as to invite me on for a friendly chat about an insidious new phenomenon: "disaster capitalism." It usually goes well - until it doesn't.

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"China and Wal-Mart: Champions of Equality"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:47:08 -0000

My response is here and here. The response argues that a full assessment of the change in worker circumstances should include factors such as changes in economic security (see recent headlines about job layoffs), employer based health care and retirement programs, debt burdens, etc., "and when you do that, it is far less clear that workers have benefited overall even if you take the Broda and Romalis result as given.

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En šrot v marici še ne bo prinesel pravne države at razgledi.net

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:27:23 -0000

Res je, boj proti korupciji in klientelizmu je ‘nenehna naloga’, a če so v revoluciji kar naprej preizkušali nove recepte, dokler jim krava ni poginila, se v demokraciji zna zgoditi, da bo zaradi pre-številnih aretacij ‘tajkunov’ storila konec pravna država.

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Iceland pays price for financial excess

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:58:26 -0000

Since then Iceland’s economy has continued to decline. Gross domestic product shrank by almost 4 per cent in the first quarter of 2008 compared with the final quarter of last year, when growth was barely positive. The stock market and the currency have both fallen by about a third since the start of this year.

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Pok blogosferičnega balona « Dr. Onyx

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:51:29 -0000

Da je slovenska blogosfera v globoki krizi, zame pričati vsaj dve večji zadevi poleg kopice manjših.

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The Damned: Luchino Visconti. Nationalism as Regression, 09/06/07, Kinoeye

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:09:20 -0000

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Senses of Cinema

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:28:15 -0000

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Hot, Hard Cocks and Tight, Tight Unlubricated Assholes: Transgression, Sexual Ambiguity and 'Perverse' Pleasures in Serge Gainsbourg's Je t'aime moi non plus

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:45:41 -0000

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Cable: deregulation good for consumers; Ars: like heck it is

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:44:32 -0000

"Until 1984, local governments kept cable prices in check," says CU. "Then deregulation resulted in a torrent of price hikes, interrupted only by a brief period, 1993-1996, when rates were regulated. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 opened the flood gates to deregulation and more price hikes. Since passage of the 1996 Act, cable rates have increased by 59 percent—almost three times the rate of inflation—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."

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Globalization anxiety as mass hysteria?

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:29:49 -0000

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Oh the irony - UK entrusts its energy future to French State-owned groups

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:18:49 -0000

But let me repeat it again: EDF and Areva are not just French, they are State-owned. They are the anti-thesis of the 'let the markets take care of it' mindset (which does not mean they are not competititve, as some are finally noticing). They embody government planning, government investment, and the rule of engineers over lawyers. French. State-owned.

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After the boomers, meet the children dubbed 'baby losers' | World news | The Observer

Sun, 11 May 2008 16:53:15 -0000

Across Spain, France and Italy, young middle-class professionals with good degrees and diplomas are facing a lifetime on low salaries with unrewarding jobs, forever poorer than their parents.

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Slovenski film med petimi finalisti za študentskega oskarja

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:32:27 -0000

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FIAT 500 SET TO BE BUILT BY ZASTAVA AS TALKS WRAP UP

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:27:55 -0000

After intensive top level talks over recent days the Fiat Group is now in the final stages of taking charge of the Zastava car company and is set to start building the Fiat 500 and the forthcoming B-compact hatchback in its Serbian factory.

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EUobserver.com

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:22:52 -0000

EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has conceded that certain biofuel policies contribute to food price rises and increase greenhouse gas emissions, but that Europe's policies are sound.

Instead, Mr Mandelson has suggested that it is Washington's biofuels policies that are having these unwanted consequences.

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Half of EU immigrants to UK have already left

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:21:35 -0000

Half of the 1 million eastern Europeans who have come to Britain since 2004 have already gone home, according to a new study.

The number of people arriving from countries such as Poland are falling, and greater numbers than before are leaving, the report by the left-leaning Institute for Public Policy research found.

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Cracks in the foundation

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:16:11 -0000

Subprime mortgages are blamed for the US housing crisis - but the deeper problem is the lack of a national housing plan

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LQD: When marriage between gays was by rite

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:01:49 -0000

In the article Duffy summarises John Boswell's research into gay Marriage in the Christian tradition and shows that there were formal marriage rites for the consummation of gay marriage that were extant as late as the 17th. Century.

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A Slippery Slope: Artificial Snow Harming Alpine Environment, Researchers Warn - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:38:02 -0000

But the effects of the massive artificial snow output are worrying scientists. "Artificial snow melts two to three weeks later (than normal snow)," says Christian Rixen of the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research. Adding to the worry is the fact that artificial snow melt contains more minerals and nutrients than regular melt water. One consequence of the different composition is an alteration of the natural ground covering, as plants with higher nutritional requirements suddenly begin to dominate.

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Guns, drugs, and financial innovation

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:07:12 -0000

Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff's new paper (summary here) makes the obvious but important point that financial globalization and financial crises are related. In their words, "Periods of high international capital mobility have repeatedly produced international banking crises, not only famously as they did in the 1990s, but historically."

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