September 12, 2007
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Economics 10000001 or the revenge of the Ninjas By William Bowles
12 September 2007 Explaining economics is probably the most difficult thing for any writer to undertake, especially if one’s take on things is not in the mainstream, that is to say, not what they call classical economics, which is another way of saying that capitalism is the only possible system, so it’s interesting to see Continue reading
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Media Lens: Loaded Words: ‘Surge’, ‘Reconstruction’ And ‘Withdrawal’
News media this week are devoting huge swathes of coverage to the report by General David Petraeus, the top US military commander in Iraq, on the impact of the so-called ‘surge’ of US troops. The surge boosted the number of US troops in Iraq earlier this year by 30,000 to 168,000. Continue reading