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...Keynes doesn't play in Peoria. Obama has followed a traditionally Keynesian economic path in responding to the recession - temporarily increasing government spending to make up for slack in the economy. But voters, who continue to suffer from the downturn, are not so impressed. In a recent focus group with independent voters who voted for Obama, Republican pollster Ed Goeas found significant concern about government spending. "There was a tipping point that occurred," he said. "The biggest thing I have seen beyond the intensity and the independents moving has been this focus, in the middle of a very bad economy...
...just the poor who suffer in unequal societies? KP: The impact of inequality, although greatest among the poor, does seem to effect people almost all the way up the income ladder. We are not sure about the super-rich. They make up less than 1% of the population, so it's difficult to track...
That's a frightening prospect for a country on the brink of collapse. Yemen's economy is in tatters; its population complains of neglect and development woes; and Yemeni children suffer from a 50% malnutrition rate. Observers warn that poverty and unemployment are prime recruitment factors for al-Qaeda, something they say the U.S. government and other foreign powers should have done more to address. "If you're going to carry out [an attack] like this, you have to have done a great deal of field work, where you've sort of undermined al-Qaeda through development...
...will go to HIV testing if he knows that he will suffer the death sentence...
Declaring a new "era of openness" in the nation with the world's largest HIV-infected population, President Jacob Zuma vowed to extend free antiretroviral drugs in 2010 to HIV-positive infants under 1 as well as pregnant women and patients with low T-cell counts who suffer from tuberculosis and AIDS. The move marks a break from former President Thabo Mbeki's denial of the HIV threat...