Word: blame
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...Never much loved outside of its member states, OPEC is a convenient whipping boy for leaders responding to consumer pain, but oil analysts say it may not deserve all the blame. Its members have certainly earned mammoth windfalls from rocketing oil prices over the past year, but some face the prospect of domestic political upheaval if oil prices fall...
...This sudden vulnerability of emerging markets will be a key issue at the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia, which begins on Oct. 30 in Istanbul. While Turkey has reason to blame its worsening economic outlook on the rest of the world, some of its woes are self-inflicted. The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) set about transforming the economy after its election in 2002. Spurred on by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which provided financial support during the 2001 crisis, the government pushed through strict budgets, monetary discipline...
Their divergent opinions on whom to blame for the violence quickly surfaced...
...message repeated over and over - including two incentive checks from our government so we could spend even more money we didn't really have. So excuse me if I have a hard time believing that it is either the "evil bankers" or the "irresponsible home buyers" who are to blame for the present mess. Kathy Hornsby, CARROLLTON...
...Public Mistrust RE Michael Grunwald's piece on how Washington failed us: I'm neither Republican nor Democrat, and I am disgusted with both [Oct. 13]. Both presidential candidates want to blame Wall Street, and there is surely some merit to that. But the heart of the problem rests with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, two quasi-government corporations. Despite several attempts by legislators to call attention to the impending crisis, lawmakers like Senator Christopher Dodd - the No. 1 recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie and Freddie - preached the soundness of these institutions. This is not a failure...