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Iran’s Presidential Election Puts Populism to the Test

From On May 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment

by Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Economic issues are paramount on the minds of Iranian voters as they ponder the long list of candidates registered for president: who among them is likely to survive the vetting by the Guardian Council, and, of those, who offers the best plan to get Iran’s economy out of the rut it has [...]

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Are Worker Cooperatives the Answer to Chicago’s Economic Woes?

From On February 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Earlier this month, the Heartland Alliance, a leading Midwest-based anti-poverty organization, released their annual poverty report about Illinois. Their findings are deeply troubling. Instead of mirroring the U.S. government’s rhetoric of recovery and job creation, the report shows an increase in joblessness, poverty, homeless youth, and the divide between rich and poor.

The numbers [...]

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Four Cooperative Alternatives to Big Box Corporations

From On January 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Though the big winter holidays are behind us, we are now looking toward another year filled with birthdays and many other celebrations. Most of these are centered around the exchange of gifts, which presents us with the same dilemma we faced in December: We really don’t want to engorge ourselves in mindless purchasing of empty [...]

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President Obama has time to deal with Iran, if only he knew it

From On November 9, 2012 · 1 Comment

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By Mark Jansson

Although President Obama has another four years, he will surely continue to hear from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu and a chorus of critics at home, that he has far less time to convince Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA). But the administration [...]

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More on the Falling Rial from Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

From On October 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Virginia Tech economist Djavad Salehi-Isfahani’s recent explanation of the rial situation in Iran generated a lot of attention, and much in the way of non-expert criticism, likely because it sways considerably from the prevailing narrative on Iran’s economy: it’s about to collapse. But Salehi-Isfahani is sticking to his guns. [...]

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Shadow Banking and War with Iran

From On September 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Shadow banks may control about 25 to 30 percent of the word’s financial system. They may be about 50 percent of all banking assets in the world. I say may in both of those sentences because it is hard to tell how big this financial sector is. The United States may [...]

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How the US might Begin to Rethink Egypt

From On August 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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The economy is clearly the most important problem facing Egypt today. Unemployment and underemployment are vast. Tourism has been shattered by recent events and may take a long time to get back on track. Foreign investments have dropped and have even turned to a net outflow from the country rather than [...]

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Foreign aid, elites and entrepreneurs

From On September 28, 2009 · 5 Comments

On my way to the Sao Nicolau waterfall on the island of Sao Tome, I stumbled upon two Jurassic Parks of failed industrial development.

At the coffee plantation Monte Café, to the left of its dilapidated pink colonial buildings, stands a huge shed. The caretaker unlocks a gigantic padlock and we step into a surreal [...]

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Putting a value on our work

From On September 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Guest blogger: Miren Gutierrez, IPS editor-in-chief

Seven PM at the supermarket. After a long day at the office, she is standing in line to pay for groceries to make dinner, stealing glances at her watch, grappling with two young kids who want her to buy some chewing gum…

Does this picture ring a bell? Survey [...]

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