Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Why the spirit of noble capitalism is still vital today

Why the spirit of noble capitalism is still vital today

John Blundell is director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs

The Business

27 Jan 2007



THE most overtly proentrepreneur novel ever written is 50 years old this year. Ayn Rand’s best-selling book, Atlas Shrugged, is not on the reading list of any MBA course in the UK, nor on the syllabus of any British economics degree. Yet Rand’s... read more...

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Xenophobes, not workers, are uniting across Europe

Xenophobes, not workers, are uniting across Europe



The Guardian

29 Jan 2007



The long awaited and welcome accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union has already had a nasty side-effect. It has made it possible for the extreme right to form its own group in the European parliament — giving its parties extra time and... read more...

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Thursday, January 25, 2007

International power is shifting — but we don’t yet know how to manage it

International power is shifting — but we don’t yet know how to manage it

Timothy Garton Ash Davos

The Guardian

25 Jan 2007



If you want to see the world as a whole, the best view is from the moon. The second best is from Davos. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum offers a unique top-down snapshot of the world’s problems and opportunities. One reason for this is... read more...

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Monday, January 22, 2007

Friedman on China, Exchange Rates and Islamofascism

Friedman on China, Exchange Rates and Islamofascism



The Wall Street Journal Europe

22 Jan 2007



In July last year, the late Milton Friedman, Nobel laureate in economics in 1976, granted an interview to The Wall Street Journal. Today we publish material from a question-and-answer exchange he had by email—shortly after their meeting—with his... read more...

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Friedman on China, Exchange Rates and Islamofascism

Friedman on China, Exchange Rates and Islamofascism



The Wall Street Journal Europe

22 Jan 2007



In July last year, the late Milton Friedman, Nobel laureate in economics in 1976, granted an interview to The Wall Street Journal. Today we publish material from a question-and-answer exchange he had by email—shortly after their meeting—with his... read more...

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Arab states must learn: knowledge is power and money

Arab states must learn: knowledge is power and money

Imam Ali Ibn Abi Taleb: “If God were to humiliate a human being He would deny him knowledge.” Farrukh Saleem

The Business

20 Jan 2007



THE League of Arab States has 22 members: Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman are “traditional monarchies”; while Libya, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, Algeria and Somalia are “Authoritarian Regimes”, according to... read more...

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Friday, January 19, 2007

Dalai Lama leads a meeting of the minds

Dalai Lama leads a meeting of the minds

By Sharon Begley

The Wall Street Journal Europe

19 Jan 2007



AT A TIME when science and religion are often in conflict, the Dalai Lama is taking a different approach. Every year or so he invites a group of researchers to his home in Dharamsala, in northern India, to discuss their work and how Buddhism might... read more...

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Friday, January 12, 2007

This scrutiny of the famous and the powerful is unpleasant but necessary

This scrutiny of the famous and the powerful is unpleasant but necessary

Simon Jenkins

The Guardian

12 Jan 2007



It’s the editor on the line. “Jenkins,” he barks, “we’re being out-harassed, out-intruded, out-hypocritised on the Kate Middleton story. The tabloids are mopping up. I need my best man on the job. Hightail it down to Chelsea.” “Hold on, chief,” I... read more...

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Monday, January 08, 2007

Many more sons will die while the Democrats do nothing to stop the war

Many more sons will die while the Democrats do nothing to stop the war



The Guardian

08 Jan 2007



Only the squeaking of the boots of the military pallbearers could be heard in the Calvary church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday as Chad Vollmer’s coffin was wheeled to the front. By the time the service was over their steps were inaudible amid... read more...

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