Word: free-market
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...Voter attitudes south of the Rio Grande show mounting popular rejection of the free-market reforms and trade agreements long promoted by Washington, but which are seen by Latin Americans as widening the region's epic gap between rich and poor. But in Bolivia, the vote also threatens to tear the country apart. If no candidate wins more than 50% at the polls, a president must be chosen by Congress, where Morales's Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) will likely have less clout than the parties of his more conservative rivals such as Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, a former President...
...Brown’s former blockmate, Joshua Ludmir ’05, says he thinks working on the campaign “has maybe softened his attachment to free-market economic principles as the be-all and end-all of any governmental society...
...event was in progress, the Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex index hit all-time highs. That milestone was followed by the cheering news that the Indian economy grew at an 8% rate during the quarter ending Sept. 30, underscoring once-moribund India's claim to being the fastest-growing free-market democracy in the world...
...that if workers were allowed to participate in decisions, they would not only become happier and more productive but also provide valuable insights. CEOs prized his clarity. But everyone who labors in a cubicle, in the field or on a factory floor should prize Drucker too. He was a free-market champion and staunch defender of profits. But he showed us how those things need not be at odds with a dignified, productive work force...
...problem is economic. Even before the start of the November 4-5 Summit, devoted to combating poverty and creating jobs, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and other Latin nations banded together to nudge Washington's Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) proposal off the agenda. The move, which has angered the Bush Administration, reflects growing skepticism in Latin America over the virtues of free-market reforms, which many believe have simply widened the chasm between rich and poor in a region that already displays the world's worst disparities in wealth...