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...went). This is the single most important reason why 50 years of development aid did not work in Africa. But the agricultural policy, the food-aid policy and the trade barriers of the European Union and the U.S. have also done much to damage agriculture in developing countries. As long as these policies are not changed fundamentally, all efforts to develop a global policy for agriculture and food security will be largely wasted. The cause of the threatening food crisis, and its solution, are almost exclusively the responsibility of the West. René van Slooten, MAARSSEN, THE NETHERLANDS...
Dreams and Foucault aside, supporters of the Long-Johnson campaign are genuinely impressed with the ingenuity and intellect of the two candidates. “My roommates are some of the most cerebral people I’ve met at Harvard. I certainly don’t think I am anywhere near their league,” said Pancratz. “The amount of thinking they do about issues is striking...
Sperduto echoes this sentiment. “If you don’t care about the UC, then vote for Long-Johnson because neither do they,” he said. “If you do care, then vote for Long-Johnson because there is no ticket with better competence to do whatever it is the UC does...
There is reason to believe such eye-popping spending can continue. As more regions of China's vast hinterland join in its amazing economic boom, more and more of the country's 1.3 billion people can afford cars, refrigerators and flat-panel TVs items not too long ago considered luxuries for a fortunate few. Chen Baogen, Xi'an's mayor, says his city of eight million had lagged behind towns on the export-oriented coast, but now incomes are growing to the point where consumption is taking off. In the first nine months of 2009, retail sales in the city...
...taking steps to beef up welfare programs to alleviate the financial burden faced by Chinese families and loosen their purse strings. Beijing, for example, is undertaking a three-year, $125 billion program to build hospitals and clinics to extend healthcare to 90% of the population. Along with these very long-term efforts to boost consumer confidence, the government has also implemented short-term measures to spur on spending. Car sales this year have been boosted by tax breaks and China's own "cash-for-clunkers" program. Xu Zhanrong's Wuling minivan sales have been helped along by a special...