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How profitable is agriculture?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:49:37 GMT

Opinion - Agriculture Agri-Biz & Commodities - Insight Columns - Rasheeda Bhagat Farmers need prices to remain high for at least two years. If they fall earlier, farmers will suffer again.
Source: Hindu Business Line

How overbuilt is China? | The Economist

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:09:46 GMT

LATELY, Tyler Cowen has been pushing an Austrian view of economic activity in China, namely, that government policies are generating far too much investment in certain sectors of the Chinese economy, setting the stage for an eventual collapse as...
Source: The Bellows

More on Climategate

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:46:55 GMT

In my previous post on Climategate I blithely said that nothing in the climate science email dump surprised me much. Having waded more deeply over the weekend I take that back.
Source: The Atlantic

China is Tackling Climate Change Better Than the U.S.: Discuss

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:45:24 GMT

While the US Congress has kept a cap on carbon caps, amidst political rancor and the health care issue, China's been busy implementing a range of goals for energy efficiency, renewable energy and cleaner coal mining and burning.
Source: Treehugger

Wasting food, bear hurt badly, crocodile attack

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:45:23 GMT

W asting food America's food-waste problem is getting worse, The Economist reports.
Source: Globe and Mail

Singapore: censorship city

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:44:05 GMT

Ben Bland is the latest journalist to be barred from working in Singapore.
Source: Index on Censorship

The dish on Dubai

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:03:45 GMT

SO, THE big news during this blogger's Thanksgiving absence came out of Dubai, where the sovereign-owned Dubai essentially declared that it was unable to continue making payments to creditors, leading the government to ask lenders to accept a...
Source: Economist

Geoffrey Miller: "The Looming Crisis in Human Genetics"

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:45:16 GMT

From The Economist: Some awkward news ahead by Geoffrey Miller Author of Spent Human geneticists have reached a private crisis of conscience, and it will become public knowledge in 2010.
Source: Steve Sailer-Articles & Blog on Human Biodiversity, Genetics

Thomas the Economist

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:14:54 GMT

Quoted in 'Bloomberg's Radical Plan for BusinessWeek: Better Editorial'

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:22:02 GMT

Daniel L. Doctoroff said in Advertising Age:

Right now the subscription price is $35 annually ... The Economist is $106. We've got to improve the product and make BusinessWeek a must-have.

Quoted in 'Despite Downtown Shutdown, G-20 Hailed As Success Story'

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:10:54 GMT

said in WTAE Pittsburgh:

Publications like The Economist, USA Today, Newsweek, The Financial Times, just to mention a few -- all ran feature stories on the region and our economic transformation

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Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:33:51 GMT

John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist, speaks during the "Financial Recovery: When and How?" panel at the 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 27, 2009.

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Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

ISRAEL - DECEMBER 9: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reads The Economist magazine during an Israeli Air Force helicopter trip to inspect a reinforced school December 9, 2008 in Sderot, southern Israel.