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U.S.: Government and Industry Partner to Promote Electric Cars

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Aug 30 (IPS) – A 120-million-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to the nationwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Project...

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Neoliberal Political Economy: Regressive Distribution on a Global Scale

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By Alan F. Fogelquist, Ph.D This essay discusses some of the main characteristics of today’s neoliberal political and economic order. Other terms exist to...

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How Austerity Plans Failed the Europe Union

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Julio Godoy BERLIN, Nov 16 (IPS) – The austerity programmes being rolled out in virtually every member state of the European Union (EU) – particularly...

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Thinking Out Loud About the Financial Crisis and Austerity

By Alan Fogelquist The reason societies like those of Eurozone the United States don’t move effectively to address the real causes of economic crisis and the unnecessarily high levels of unemployment...

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State Failing as Parent

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Pavol Stracansky SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dic 02 (IPS) – Governments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are being urged to end the institutionalisation of...

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Crisis in the Eurozone: Costas Lapavitsas: 9781844679690: Amazon.com: Books

Crisis in the Eurozone [Costas Lapavitsas] on Amazon.com. *FREE* super saver shipping on qualifying offers. A controversial call to break up the Eurozone and stop the debt crisis. See on www.amazon.com

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Jumping the Abyss: Marriner S. Eccles and the New Deal, 1933-1940

By Mark NelsonWe capitalists have got to decide how much we are going to pay for capitalism.[1]Marriner S. See on neweconomicperspectives.org

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Obama’s OMB Channels its Inner Tea Party

By William K.Black The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is every administration’s heavy artillery on budget issues.  OMB’s staff is dominated by neo-liberal micro-economists under every...

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Davos Puts Protests Behind

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Ray Smith DAVOS, Feb 05 (IPS) – Barbed wire and safety fences are dismantled, the police and army are withdrawn and freedom of movement is restored. The...

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Argentina Pins Hopes on Bumper Grain Harvest

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Feb 09 (IPS) – Argentina has better prospects in 2013 after modest growth in 2012, thanks to an excellent grain harvest...

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Is Uzbekistan’s Economy Going into a Tailspin?

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Kitty Stapp TASHKENT, Feb 11 (EurasiaNet) – Uzbekistan has introduced sweeping new banking and import regulations that appear designed to keep hard...

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Book: Alan Fogelquist, Politics and Economic Policy in Yugoslavia, 1918-1929

Politics and Economic Policy in Yugoslavia, 1918-1929 By Alan Fogelquist View this Author’s Spotlight Paperback, 502 pages Preview List Price: $29.50 Price: $22.13 You Save: $7.37 ( 25% )   Ships in...

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Quantitative Easing: Impact on Emerging and Developing Economies

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS The New York Stock Exchange, as seen from the boot of George Washington’s statue at Federal Hall. Credit: Dan Nguyen/CC-BY-2.0 Shyam Saran NEW DELHI,...

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Turkey’s Excessive Neo-liberalism Threatens ‘Peace at Home’

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Jun 05 (IPS) – "Peace at home, peace in the world" is the official motto of the Turkish Republic. Coined in 1931 by the...

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Turkey Goes From Project to Project, Protest to Protest

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Justin Vela ISTANBUL, Jul 10 (EurasiaNet) – Even as Istanbul residents celebrated the reopening of Gezi Park, the small green space in the centre of...

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Troika Becomes the Villain in a Greek Tragedy

Featured Photo: A Greek protester takes a step against austerity measures at a barricade in Athens. Credit: Infowar Productions/IPS. Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Apostolis Fotiadis...

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Will $10 Minimum Wage Get All Working Americans Out of Poverty?

The Real News does the math with a single mother, who works for McDonalds, to find out if a potential wage increase will keep up with her cost of living More at The Real News (more…)

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New Discontent Arises in Bosnia

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Vesna Peric Zimonjic BELGRADE, Feb 22 (IPS) – Thousands of people have rallied in streets of major Bosnian cities since last week, demanding social...

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New Economic Crisis Engulfing Developing Countries

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Martin Khor GENEVA, Mar 06 (IPS) – Several developing countries are now being engulfed in new economic crises as their currency and stock markets are...

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Did Argentina Default or Not? It’s More Than Semantics

Argentine President Cristina Fernández addressing supporters in a courtyard in the government palace on Jul. 31, after giving a speech to the nation to explain the country’s debt payment situation....

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