Category Archive: Important Voices

Bye Bye, Bo

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One day Prime Minister Wen Jiabao makes a strong call for political reform. The next day Bo Xilai, the charismatic head of the megalopolis of Chongqing, is axed. A rare public firing by… Read More

The Other 1 Percent

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The yellow banners, the halftime tributes, the bloviating by politicians of both parties — it’s so easy for the 99 percent of us who aren’t serving in the military to act like we… Read More

Saving the Street From Itself

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If Greg Smith believes what he’s experienced is something new, he doesn’t know history. In 1928, Goldman Sachs and Company created the Goldman Sachs Trading Corporation, which promptly went on a speculative binge,… Read More

Ni Sarkozy ni Hollande

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Je m’aperçois que nous n’avons pas parlé de politique étrangère. Ce sera pour une prochaine fois, si nous trouvons le temps.” (France Inter, dimanche 11 mars). La formule rabâchée clôt tous les débats,… Read More

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