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The impact of the financial crisis on Third World economies and proposed solutions
November 20, 2008Emerging nations need their own stabilization funds, independent of the International Monetary Fund, and its parent, the U.S. Treasury, which provides most of its financing. That was the conclusion of two experts at a seminar sponsored...
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Bold action needed to rebuild America and create jobs, progressives tell Congress
November 20, 2008WASHINGTON — Union leaders and progressive lawmakers at a Nov. 18 conference on Capitol Hill called for emergency action to assist jobless workers and as much as $900 billion for a massive public works jobs program....
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Update: Articles and resources on the economic crisis
November 20, 2008What will be impact of the Wall Street bankruptcies, bailouts and blunders on working people in this country and worldwide? What's the solution to the crisis? Perhaps only time will tell the full extent of the...
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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid
November 19, 2008ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn't survive a conviction...
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The view from here: India and Obama’s election
November 19, 2008From Frontline, India's national magazine from the publishers of The Hindu. Obama’s historic victory breaks the conservative spell at this watershed moment in global affairs, but it would be wrong to pin too many hopes on...
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