The Huge World Is Selling, And Tiny Singapore Is Buying
Leave it to tiny Singapore to tell us where the global economy is heading. We used to look to the gargantuan US economy for guidance on financial trends. After Wall Street’s collapse, we turned to the G-20. More insight might be gleaned looking at an island nation with five million people. The idea that a place with no natural...
Say “No” To Burma’s Sham Election! (Saturday, Speakers Corner)
Join us at Speakers’ Corner on Saturday, 30 October 2010 from 4pm to 4.45pm to say “NO TO BURMA’S SHAM ELECTIONS” . Come for a photo session and get your voice heard with a large placard that reads “No to Burma’s Sham Elections”. As a gesture of solidarity, do wear a red shirt for the event. The Burmese Junta...
The myth of authoritarian growth
Dani Rodrik On a recent Saturday morning, several hundred pro-democracy activists congregated in a Moscow square to protest government restrictions on freedom of assembly. They held up signs reading “31,” in reference to Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which guarantees freedom of assembly. They were promptly surrounded...
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