How the World Works

By Andrew Leonard

Posts on Thursday, May 29, 2008

Soap opera social engineering
In Brazil, the data suggests that prime-time programming contributed to a national decline in fertility rates.
It’s a gas gas gas
An exploration of record U.S. gas prices
A boneheaded Bush administration lecture on science
The secretary of agriculture instructs the rest of the world to pay more attention to scientific fact. Who is he kidding?
Introducing … Treasury Secretary Phil Gramm?
Guess who made sure the U.S. government wasn’t watching when Wall Street went bonkers with credit derivatives.
Hope in the midst of Chinese pollution?
James Fallows says all is not lost in the battle to save China’s environment. But the odds sure look daunting.

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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?
Friday, Oct 10, 2008 17:19 EDT

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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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