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...Zimbabwe spirals into despair in an unsuccessful attempt to defy the laws of economic gravity, indulging socialist impulses towards property seizure, fixed currency and price controls. These policies are labeled “social rights” for the poor??policies which include making basic items like bread, sugar and oil more affordable, and redistribution of wealth and property according to rules of “justice.” Like other foes of globalization, the regime aims to curb “runaway market forces” which are waging an “assault...
...principle of full disclosure, I must admit upfront how sickened I was by Duncan M. Currie’s selection (Comment, “A More Progressive Tax Code”, Jan. 31). Was it the use of quotation marks around the words “poor?? and “wealthy”? Are these indeed such malleable concepts when we contrast, as Mr. Currie does in his first paragraph, those earning under $30,000 a year with those earning over...
...production aims for a sparse vision of Scotland that contrasts the real world of Macbeth with the supernatural one. While other productions of the play focus on the system of feudalism in Scotland, this one takes a different approach. “Our idea is that Scotland is very poor??there are no bards or balls or tapestries,” Carmichael says, “just a lot of regicide and rebellion and wearing your mail shirt to sleep. In contrast, the witches are these sort of gaudy and fabulous women—with a really frightening...
...walls are decorated with a set of prints by Daumier—the 19th century French painter whose works advocated for the poor??and pictures of himself advising President Clinton and Sen. George McGovern...
When a member of the audience questioned whether poverty leads to terrorism—saying that most of the Sep. 11 hijackers were not poor??Rubin broadened his thesis to say feelings of “alienation, resentment, and hopelessness” around the world pose the biggest threat to America...