Policy

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Policy”

• Capitalist public administration

  
  Urbanomics — Authority: 129
  Sauvik Chakraverti has a provocative op-ed in the Mint which claims that India’s bureaucracy is wasteful and cumbersome and advocates a "truly capitalist public administration" ("government comprised of magistrates, policemen, judges, jailors and hangmen—nothing more"). While not holding a brief for Indian ...
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• Policy Matters 21 December 2009

  
  PakPoint — Authority: 149
  Policy Matters 21 December 2009  Naseem Zehra beings a new episode of Policy Matters and talked with Khawaja Saad Rafique PML-N, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan PPP and Senator Wasim Sajjad. {PakPoint.com Copyrights Notice : If you are looking this text on any website other than your RSS reader/Face book this mean this ...
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• Has Clinton been reading her FP?

  
  FP Passport — Authority: 666
  
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• WTO rules against China - Unfairly restricting U.S. imports

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 574
  Shocks of all shocks the WTO ruled in the United States favor on China restricting U.S. imports, one of many, many unfair trade practices by China. The World Trade Organizations top arbitrators upheld a ruling that China is illegally restricting imports of U.S. music, films and books, and Washington pushed ...
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• Shanda Literature Will Sue Baidu.com In January 2010

  
  China Legal Blog — Authority: 152
  Shanda Literature, the Internet literature subsidiary of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, has announced that it [...]
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• Oilwatch Monthly December 2009

  
  Energy Bulletin - — Authority: 596
  ...Conventional crude production - Latest figures from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) show that crude oil production including lease condensates increased by 261,000 b/d from August to September 2009, resulting in total production of crude oil including lease condensates of 72.59 million b/d... read ...
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• Climate conference aftermath - Dec 21

  
  Energy Bulletin - — Authority: 596
  -Copenhagen: a look back at the most striking narratives -If you want to know whos to blame for Copenhagen, look to the US Senate -There is a way ahead after Copenhagen -Copenhagen: Things Fall Apart and an Uncertain Future Looms -All over the map: Rounding up editorial reax to Copenhagen -No One Is Going To Save You ...
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• US Treasuries Selling Off And More To Come

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 742
  Submitted by Nic Lenoir at ICAP We have very convincing arguments for further selling off in USFixed Income. On the daily chart we see that ever since June the markethad been stuck in a triangle consolidation. Well at last we have brokenand the downside target now is 113-25 at the minimum. In terms ofstandard ...
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• Typing outloud about the PRC’s climate

  
  Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! — Authority: 629
  That is, the PRC’s climate agenda …Many are reporting that the PRC represented the most serious stumbling block inhibiting meaningful progress at COP15.  As per David Robert’s excellent discussion of impressions of COP15if there’s a party to blame, it’s China. It’s China that was off meeting with India ...
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• British Army waterboarded suspects in 70s

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Evidence casts doubt on guilt of man sentenced to hang for killing soldier Evidence that the British army subjected prisoners in Northern Ireland to waterboarding during interrogations in the 1970s is emerging after one of the alleged victims launched an appeal against his conviction for murder. Liam Holden became ...
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• BBC World Service: Who is to Blame at Copenhagen?

  
  It's Getting Hot In Here — Authority: 652
  I just joined the BBC World Service for a live, hour-long program called “ Copenhagen: Who is to Blame? ” reflecting on the outcomes of the negotiations, including BBC’s environmental analyst, a Chinese policy specialist, WWF’s Campaign Director, India’s Vandana Shiva, and other experts ( the podcast is ...
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• GM Is Now “Government Motors”

  
  Global Economic Crisis — Authority: 116
  After emerging from bankruptcy, the supposedly “new” General Motors is in reality a nationalized, government-owned automotive corpse. Courtesy of Obama economic policy, the American taxpayer now owns 62% of GM, which is increasingly (and accurately) being referred to as “Government Motors.” The United States, ...
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• On the horns of a dilemma: Last-ditch effort aims to save nearly extinct northern white rhino--But is it too late?

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 150
  Four of the worlds last eight surviving northern white rhinos ( Ceratotherium simum cottoni ) are now living in Africa for the first time in decades as part of a last-ditch effort to save the subspecies from extinction. [More]
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• Alabama to consider charter school law

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 532
  TuscaloosaNews.com : "Gov. Bob Riley will ask the Legislature to pass a charter school law to boost Alabama’s chances at getting some of the $175 million in federal stimulus money that will be competitively available beginning next month.The conservative Alabama Policy Institute backs the idea of charter schools. ...
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• Lebanon and Syria: Hariri Meets With Assad

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri visited Syria this weekend in an attempt, in his words, to “open new horizons between the two countries.” In turn,  President Assad insisted he is “very attached to sincere relations based on common understanding.” In response, Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...
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• Policy Matters – 21 December 2009

  
  Pakistan Politics — Authority: 540
  Nasim Zehra with a fresh episode of Policy Matters.
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• Left-Right Convergence On Opposition to the Health Care Plan

  
  A Blog For All — Authority: 483
  While youve got Democrats in Congress still trying to pin opposition to the health care plan on far right wing tea party groups and Aryan groups just as Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) did over the weekend, it looks like theres a right-left convergence on finding the whole health care plan one big fiasco.It will do ...
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• Christmas Special!!!! Buy a Democrat

  
  Argue With Everyone Political Forums — Authority: 164
  If you dont know what to get that special someone on your shopping list, perhaps you should consider a democrat senator. But you have to hurry, they are selling like hotcakes. Moral fortitude not included.
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• COP15 and 7 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of December 13, 2009

  
  Green Prophet — Authority: 526
  During the week of December 13, 2009, Israel’s solar energy field suffered a major setback and it was announced that IDE is set to build the biggest desalination plant in Israel. At the Copenhagen summit Israeli President Shimon Peres emphasized the importance of cooperation between all the countries in the region ...
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• Guest Post: Economists Are Trained to Ignore the Real World

  
  Fuck Bankers — Authority: 170
  As I have repeatedly noted, mainstream economists and financial advisors have been using faulty and unrealistic models for years. See this , this , this , this , this and this . And I have pointed out numerous times that economists and advisors have a financial incentive to use faulty models. For example, I ...
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