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Duncan Innes

How can we feed the world and still save the planet? | Madeleine Bunting | Global devel... - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...ivier-de-schutter-food-farming

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    Article advocating action to stabalise food prices globally - and how the poorest are affected most.
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Five fixes for the global crisis | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...es-global-economy-nils-pratley

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  • Duncan Innes on 24 Sep 11
     
    5 possible solutions to the global economic crisis
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Why Is the IMF Controversial | Globalization101 - 1 views

www.globalization101.org/why-is-the-imf-controversial

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    Is the IMF a force for good?
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Transparency International - the global coalition against corruption - 1 views

www.transparency.org/...results

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Geography game: how well do you know the world? | Global development | guardian.co.uk - 2 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...raphy-game-how-well-know-world

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    Interactive Game based on geography and development economics
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A developing world of debt | Global development | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...developing-world-of-debt

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    Posyt HIPC Debt is rising ECON4
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Inequality increasing globally including in India: Christine Lagarde - The Economic Times - 1 views

economictimes.indiatimes.com/...29849389.cms

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  • adding that the richest 85 people in the world own the same amount of wealth as the bottom half of the world's population.
  • "It leads to an economy of exclusion, and a wasteland of discarded potential," Lagarde said.
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    Lagarde emphasizes how inequality has been underestimated. 
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World job crisis is a threat to democracy, says IMF head | Business | The Observer - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...imf-us-jobs-currency

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  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF's managing director, warned that "we face the risk of a lost generation", adding: "When you lose your job, your health is likely to be worse. When you lose your job, the education of your children is likely to be worse. When you lose your job, social stability is likely to be worse – which threatens democracy and even peace. So we shouldn't fool ourselves. We are not out of the woods yet. And for the man in the street, a recovery without jobs doesn't mean much."
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      Duncan Innes on 10 Oct 10
       
      USA is losing patience with China
  • Tim Geithner, Obama's treasury secretary, said: "The United States believes that global rebalancing is not progressing as well as needed to avoid threats to the global economic recovery.
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  • "Our initial achievements are at risk of being undermined by the limited extent of progress toward more domestic demand-led growth in countries running external surpluses and by the extent of foreign exchange intervention as countries with undervalued currencies lean against appreciation."
  • "In the G20 framework there are too many people and too many interests to be able to find a currency arrangement," Juncker said. "The ideal forum would be G7 plus China."
Duncan Innes

The era of 'owned by China' | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...era-of-owned-by-china

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  • "The last decade could be characterised by the three words 'made in China'. In this next decade, it will be 'owned by China'."
  • Duncan Innes on 12 Jan 11
     
    Fascinating dissection of how China is investing its trillions of foreign currency reserves.
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YouTube - Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four - 2 views

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    Lovely video clearly highlighting global economic growth from the perspective of health and wealth over the last 200 years.
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Food crisis fears as global prices hit record high - 0 views

www.smh.com.au/...ecord-high-20110106-19hni.html

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    Summary of how the recent record food prices have affected some Lower Developed Countries
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History suggests 2011 will be a year of living frugally | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...economic-growth-recession-2011

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  • In the first half of 2010, the story was that the big emerging economies – India, China and Brazil – were acting as the locomotive for global growth. But during the second half of 2010, there were signs of the United States and Germany joining the party
  • Duncan Innes on 12 Jan 11
     
    The Economy unlike Spurs dislikes years ending in 1. Insightful analysis on threats and opportunities in the economy or 2011.
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Income Distribution by Country - VisualEconomics.com - 0 views

www.visualeconomics.com/income-distribution-by-country

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    Graphic illustration of global inequality.
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Global Dimension - Ideas and resources for teachers - 3 views

www.globaldimension.org.uk/index.aspx

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    Summary of trade - good for revision
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Household Saving Rates | Global Finance - 0 views

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    How household saving rates affect short term and long term growth. The wealth effect explained - clear writing great graph 
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Microfinance: Development panacea, or exorbitant, ineffective poverty trap? | Madeleine... - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...finance-india-sector-regulated

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    Arguments for and against micro finance!
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Global Rich List - 0 views

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    How rich are you? Where does your income put you in the world league table?
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The iPhone Economy - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...the-iphone-economy.html

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    Where is the iphone made
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'Matters Could Escalate' : Economist Raghuram Rajan Warns of Currency Conflict - SPIEGE... - 0 views

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    Unequal Competition October 2010 China USA EU
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