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Has Capitalism Failed?


Congressman Ron Paul
U.S. House of Representatives
July 9, 2002
It is now commonplace and politically correct to blame what is referred to as the excesses of capitalism for the economic problems we face, and especially for the Wall Street fraud that dominates the business news. Politicians are having a field day with demagoguing the issue while, […]

Imagine if our leaders were chosen on World Bank lines


David Woodward, The Guardian, Thursday June 14, 2007
Nominations close tomorrow for a new World Bank president, little more than two weeks after the resignation of the disgraced Paul Wolfowitz. On June 30, as Wolfowitz leaves his Washington office, across the Atlantic in London Gordon Brown will be stepping through the doors of No 10 […]

Putin calls for new financial world order


By Neil Buckley and Catherine Belton in St Petersburg
Published: June 10 2007 19:10 | Last updated: June 10 2007 19:10
Russian president Vladimir Putin called on Sunday for a radical overhaul of the world’s financial and trade institutions to reflect the growing economic power of emerging market countries – including Russia. Mr Putin said the […]