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The Agonist
http://agonist.org
The Agonist is the top destination for progressive readers on issues of international relations, global economics and finance.
- Added on: Jul 26th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Sean-Paul Kelley
- Listed in: International Affairs Global Economics
- Tags: travel finance stock market economics foreign relations international affairs
Recent Posts
Re: abortion - I automatically assume progressives are pro-choice. But maybe I shouldn\'t. Hence the following poll
Re: abortion - I automatically assume progressives are pro-choice. But maybe I shouldn't. Hence the following poll: Pro-choice Anti-choice ...
It\'s Time To Close The Terror Gap
The terror gap is what allows suspected terrorists to buy guns hassle-free in this country. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was suspected of terrorist ties, but because the FBI does not have access to background-check records, they had not clue he was buying ...
Dimon To Treasury?
There's some chatter on a few listserves I participate in today that JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon might be tapped to replace Geithner at Treasury. And Reuters has picked up on it: Dimon "would love to serve his country," the paper quoted people familiar...
The Debt Scare of 2009
This story got pushed onto the Times front page by the big players in finance who want to get their money back from the government on the backs of the little guy. How's that, you say? Well, cut services, of course, but fuck all, don't cut military Ke...
A Tale Straight Out of Czarist Russia
This is just irritating. I think the president is [focused on Main Street]," Brown told CNN's "State of the Union." "I think the vice president is. I think the advisers are mixed." The Ohio Democrat was responding to a handful of House members -- De...
Agri-business in Ethiopia
The fields stretch out across the horizon. An attenuated, high altitude light falls on the dark volcanic soils. The rusted hulks of dead war machines litter the roads. A shepherd boy smacks a goat into line, driving them all back into line. Baboons s...
