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Iraq at Five: The World Reacts

Posted by Jillian York on 19/03/2008

Today, March 19, marks five years of "Operation Iraqi Freedom." Initially a plan to oust Saddam Hussein and "end the war before it started," the war in Iraq continues to this day, much to the dismay of many ordinary citizens around the globe. In that vein, Global Voices Online will post reactions ...

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NYMEX Starts Trading Emissions Contracts

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/03/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange and Evolution Markets opened The Green Exchange yesterday with futures trading based on emissions, including one linked to the ongoing European carbon market, Reuters reports.The first four contracts on the Green Exchange are the Europe-based EUA, and certified em ...

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Big Business Talks Green At WSJ’s ECO:nomics Conference

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/03/2008

The Wall Street Journal held its CEO-level “ECO:nomics - Creating Environmental Capital” conference in California last week. Here are some of the highlights as reported on WSJ’s Environmental Capital.Wal-Mart:Lee Scott, president and CEO of Wal-Mart, said he doesn’t have a ...

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Is growth really good?

Posted by P. H. http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355761149461736744 noreply@blogger.com http://ipienso.blogspot.com/2008/03/is-growth-really-good.html on 16/03/2008

Thomas Pogge has an article in the current issue of Dissent Magazine on " Growth and Inequality: Understanding Recent Trends and Political Choices ." The analysis shows that the problem of world poverty is both amazingly small and amazingly large. It is amazingly small in economic terms: The aggreg ...

Development Economics

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Is growth really good?

Posted by P. H. http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355761149461736744 noreply@blogger.com 0 http://ipienso.blogspot.com/2008/03/is-growth-really-good.html on 16/03/2008

Thomas Pogge has an article in the current issue of Dissent Magazine on " Growth and Inequality: Understanding Recent Trends and Political Choices ." The analysis shows that the problem of world poverty is both amazingly small and amazingly large. It is amazingly small in economic terms: The aggreg ...

Development Economics

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