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JAMES ROBERTSON'S NEWSLETTER No 16, October 2008 My latest newsletter is now out. Read it in full at: http://www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm Below is a
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Paul Krugman, the Princeton University scholar and New York Times columnist, won the Nobel economic prize Monday for his analysis of
Normally I try very hard to keep these posts within the fairly strictly defined domain of each of our twenty or so fora (The Commons, carsharing, bike sharing,
DOORS OF PERCEPTION REPORT OCTOBER 2008 By John Thackara TRIBAL CURRENCIES Reading blogs about the financial crisis feels like watching one of those reality