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...These are simply clichés, of course; Arab traders drive a hard bargain for the same reason everyone else does: money. And anyone who thinks that Western capitalism is inherently transparent should try making sense of the subprime mortgage derivatives mess. Still, there are some lessons worth knowing on how to buy rugs...
...pollution come from coal-fired power plants. Most of those plants are clustered in 25 states, each of which gets half or more of its electricity from coal. Why does that matter? Because creating a system in which electric utilities pay for the right to pollute will drive up electricity rates in those states and could force a shift to natural...
...ethnic minorities, China has moved aggressively to assimilate this small group of hunter-gatherers into society. At a time when ethnic unrest in Tibet and Xinjiang threatens to disrupt China's carefully planned Olympic celebrations, Beijing's experience with the Oroqen illustrates the benefits and costs of China's drive to modernity...
...years across southeastern provinces--an area of China sometimes called the "workshop of the world"--and a new labor law passed by Beijing will only add to the burden. Jonathan Anderson, an economist at UBS in Hong Kong, says factory owners in southern China believe the new law will drive labor costs an additional 10% to 25% higher. Among other provisions, the new law entitles laid-off workers to one month of severance pay for every year of employment. "In a case where an export market is going down, if you want to reduce your number of workers, then...
...models, but they might as well be. This new work leaves behind documentary photography for a style that is at once organic and fictional. For the project, which just showed at Team Gallery, McGinley designed a careful itinerary for his subjects that structured their cross-country drive. The result is a body of work that maintains the casualness of his previous photos and his preoccupation with youth culture, but forgoes many of the clichés that those at the Saatchi Gallery claim Dash Snow to have portrayed. McGinley has poeticized youth using a new vocabulary. As we approach...