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...sure of that as I'd like to be)." In this updated and revised edition of his prescient 1999 book, the author shows how the Asian and Latin American financial crises of the 1990s foreshadowed the current situation and argues that the rise of unregulated financial institutions--or "shadow banks"--since then has been the real problem. The solution: Policymakers around the world need to "get credit flowing again and prop up spending." Until that happens, though, it's time to hunker down and "relearn the lessons our grandfathers were taught by the Great Depression...
...shadow Janning all night, [but] he had a lot of help form his teammates,” coach Tommy Amaker said. “It was a great effort and job by Max to battle him for 41 minutes...
...enough to force him out of office, but not enough to put him in jail, since he enjoys - according to U.S. military sources - a close relationship with the Karzai government. Indeed, Akhundzada and Karzai's brother Ahmed Wali - who operates in Kandahar, the next province over - are considered the shadow rulers of the region (along with Mullah Omar). "You should understand," a British commander said, "the fight here isn't really about religion. It's about money...
...These institutional attempts at deflection have been drowned out of late, as the facts of the incident float to the surface and the shadow of guilt extends over the men in question in anticipation of their upcoming trial. The outraged families of the dead and injured that day may, it would appear, be vindicated; as part of a plea bargain, one of the guards has confessed that the suspicious sedan and “small arms fire” conjured in the gunners’ debriefings presented nothing of a threat to the convoy. This was less a firefight than...
...studies at the Center on International Cooperation at NYU, echoed this sentiment. “The war is going almost on auto-pilot,” said Rubin, who returned from Afghanistan Nov. 26. He also said that the U.S. government has effectively created and continues to support a shadow state in Afghanistan by hiring private security guards, who are employed and controlled by war lords. “There are a lot of places where you can drive by in your tank in the middle of the day without getting shot at, but the people that you are driving...