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...returned in 2000 as Justice Minister, and he and his brother founded Law and Justice the next year. His party promises a "strong" state and higher social benefits for union members. Kaczynski calls Tusk's flat tax "extremely dangerous," and socially unjust because it would mainly benefit the rich...
...Even more improbably, the book is gorgeous. You can see the crimson illumination on the Ligatio pecuniae and read the fine print on a futures contract from the Dutch West India Co. Each chapter is a minihistory written by stars like Niall Ferguson and Robert Shiller, who explain in rich prose the connections between Chinese pawnshops, Greek moneylenders and, ultimately, the cash in your pocket. --By Jyoti Thottam
...Before Katrina this area was hardly forgotten. The Mississippi Coast had experienced an economic boom in the past several years. Real estate values were skyrocketing and major casino chains from Las Vegas were building resorts along the water. All of that is gone. The rich white vacationers from New Orleans have left. What remains is a desperate population of working class folk trying to piece their lives back together...
...disputes that North Korea needs an energy source - oil, nuclear, something - to address a shortage that causes regular blackouts, even in the capital. An oil-rich country like Iran has a tougher time making a case for a nuclear energy program, according to President Bush, and he wants China's support in pressuring Iran to surrender its nuclear ambitions. Specifically, he wants President Hu to support his efforts next week to have the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, refer Iran to the Security Council over failure to disclose aspects of its nuclear program. That...
...some may never return at all. Eric Belsky, a lecturer in urban planning at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, imagines a chasm between the rich and the poor in a post-Katrina New Orleans, with those lacking insurance unable to recreate their former way of life...