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...economists attributed virtually all of it to technological and demographic changes that increased the premium paid to those with advanced skills and education. If that were true, the only answer would lie along the arduous path of improving the education and skill levels of American workers. And you certainly wouldn't want to discourage people from getting an education by heavily taxing the rewards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New President's Economy Problem | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...coercive humanitarian intervention in Burma wouldn't be without precedent: the U.S. funded and helped coordinate the delivery of aid without the host governments' consent during the wars in Bosnia and southern Sudan. Nor would it be illegal: according to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1674, member states have a "responsibility to protect" populations from genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, if their own governments fail to do so (or are responsible for committing the crimes themselves). Burma's crisis--hundreds of thousands of innocents at risk of death because of their rulers' willful neglect--easily meets that standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Offer Burma Can't Refuse | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...cosmopolitan following with crossover hits like Make the World Go Away, he continued to refer to himself as the "Tennessee Plowboy," at one point even crediting his success to hard work on the farm. "That's why I wanted to play the guitar," he said in 1947. "So I wouldn't have to keep plowin' all my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...wouldn't it be safer to move here?" the British officer asks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treading Water in Opium Country | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

...incursion, which sparked an Andean diplomatic crisis, appears to have given Correa the leverage he was looking for to make sure Ecuador's National Assembly doesn't renew that lease. "I'm convinced that the United States provided information and cutting-edge technologies without which the [March 1] attack wouldn't have been possible," Correa said on a visit to France this week. In addition to breaking off diplomatic relations with Colombia since the March raid, Correa has also alleged that U.S. spies have burrowed into his military and security forces. Last month he purged his top military brass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecuador Targets a U.S. Air Base | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

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