How the World Works

By Andrew Leonard

Posts on Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Are we too gloomy about the economy?
Ken Fisher, the 271st richest man in America, says not to worry. Unless you happened to follow his stock picking recommendations from one year ago
“The dangerous protectionism of Barack Obama”
Is his Patriot Employer Act “idiotic” pandering? Or is it how you win an election in Ohio?
Breadbasket inflation
Wheat prices are out of control. Corn and soybeans and rice, too. Is this good or bad news for the biotech industry, and Africa?
“My uncle was laid off from that American Standard plant”
A reader’s tale of globalization, Ohio, and a shuttered toilet bowl factory

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The new improved Paulson plan
The U.S. government will become the investor of last resort. Get ready, America: You’re about to own Wall Street
Saturday, Oct 11, 2008 03:08 EDT
Wall Street’s crazy day
Friday’s stock market zigs and zags were a Rorschach blot for how investors see the economy. Despair, joy, gloom, euphoria. Can we go home now?
Friday, Oct 10, 2008 23:22 EDT
Can you hear the sound of the economy stopping?
Grain shipments are stranded in port as international trade gets a credit check.
Friday, Oct 10, 2008 20:06 EDT
The sun never sets on a global panic
Asian and European markets follow New York’s stumbling footsteps. Can the world leaders now meeting in Washington make a difference?
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Wall Street’s crazy day
Friday’s stock market zigs and zags were a Rorschach blot for how investors see the economy. Despair, joy, gloom, euphoria. Can we go home now?
Can you hear the sound of the economy stopping?
Grain shipments are stranded in port as international trade gets a credit check.
The sun never sets on a global panic
Asian and European markets follow New York’s stumbling footsteps. Can the world leaders now meeting in Washington make a difference?

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