Opinion – Page 856 – People's World

IMF at it again

November 21, 2008

From Frontline, India's national magazine from the publishers of The Hindu. It has been some time now since the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lost its intellectual credibility, especially in the developing world. Its policy prescriptions were...

OPINION: Back when a socialist was a socialist

November 20, 2008

During the vice-presidential debate of 1988, Republican nominee Dan Quayle attempted to draw a parallel between himself and John F. Kennedy. Quayle's Democratic opponent, Lloyd Bentsen, who had served with Kennedy in the Senate, looked Quayle...

The impact of the financial crisis on Third World economies and proposed solutions

November 20, 2008 By John Case

Emerging 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...

The view from here: India and Obama’s election

November 19, 2008

From 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...

People Before Profits: Only nationalization can save U.S. auto industry

November 19, 2008 By John Case

A raging debate is underway across the country, in Congress, and between the incoming Obama and outgoing Bush administrations on the fate of the U.S. auto industry. CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler have faced tough...