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...disposable income. The purpose of this spending is to help shift Japan from an export-led economic model to one led by consumption. During the country's 2002-07 recovery, fully one-third of GDP growth was attributable to a rising trade surplus. As the severity of Japan's current recession showed, this is not a sustainable path. (Read Will an Opposition Victory Rescue Japan's Economy...
...nations are a collection of people who are governed by those chosen to serve them. The majority of the people of Britain have no confidence in an expensive, faceless bureaucracy like the E.U. I urge all Europeans to consider the potential consequences of union, since they dovetail with the current fears we all have over our economies - economies that have been wrecked largely by bureaucrats and kleptocrats ensconced in ivory towers. Marissa Cockling, Portsmouth, England...
...tuna, the chase is becoming unsustainable. In September, the European Commission recommended that the E.U. support a temporary suspension of the global trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna, a majestic cousin of the yellowfin sold for tens of thousands of dollars a head for its coveted sashimi meat. At current fishing rates, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates that Atlantic bluefin that spawn in the Mediterranean could disappear from those waters as early as 2012. But the recommended ban was shot down by E.U. member states including Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, France and Italy - all countries with a stake...
TIME cites the "paradox" that women are still unhappy, even with all their current "equality." Then it states that the poll showed women often contribute to household income yet take on more of the responsibilities for the household, children and sick or elderly parents, while earning 77¢ on the dollar compared with men. Maybe there's a correlation...
What lessons can the current President learn from that achievement? Even if Barack Obama tries to make peace with the mullahs of Iran or with insurgents in Afghanistan, as Reagan did with the U.S.S.R., there's no guarantee he'll succeed. The threats facing America cannot be willed away. Defusing them will ultimately require the mix of firm resolve and patient diplomacy practiced by successful American statesmen throughout the Cold War. Reagan's gift was his ability to speak candidly about the realities of the age while still presenting, and working toward, an optimistic vision of the future. He sensed...