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A modest proposal: How about a trickle-up bailout instead of trickle-down
September 30, 2008Perhaps the biggest fault of the bailout being debated (possibly passed by the time you read this) is that it is based on the idea that the relief given to Wall Street will trickle down to...
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Austria, Bavaria and Brandenburg go to the polls
September 30, 2008Berlin — Bavaria, Germany’s largest state, borders on Austria: Both have countless Alpine peaks, lots of men in lederhosen, and many right-wing Roman Catholic traditions. Both had elections on Sunday. Before nightfall many an otherwise happy...
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Guide to financial crisis: week 2
September 30, 2008Articles and Resources on the Economic Crisis The week of September 22, 2008, saw huge popular opposition to the Bush administration's bailout of Wall Street banks at taxpayer's expense. While stabilization of credit markets and banking...
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Californias budget: 85 days late & billions of dollars short
September 27, 2008After an unprecedented nearly three-month delay, California finally has a budget. The $103 billion-plus spending plan — born of a year-long struggle between legislative majority Democrats trying to minimize cuts to social services, minority Republicans rejecting...
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Obama lays out vision for 21st century schools
September 27, 2008Barack Obama laid out the changes he would bring to the nation’s educational system as president in a forum last month in Dayton, Ohio. He asked why countries like China, India, South Korea and Japan have...
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