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Panama LIteracy program modeled on Cuba's

Duck Younggren seems to be in the right line of business for someone with a sweet tooth. He grows sugar beets in northern Minnesota. He's been known to gnaw on a beet to get his sugar fix. "Core out a piece. Put it in your mouth," he said. "It's like candy!"

It's interesting how far and how little a dollar will stretch, depending on what country you're in. From empanadas to shots at the bar, here's what one crisp George Washington will get you in different parts of the planet.

WB dumping the terms developing and development

WTO ruling , alternate excuses for high tariffs.

Story about mergers, but what is most interesting is the last line. Perfect example of a neo-classical market based supply side comment slipped into an article about potential oligopolies.

World's most sustainable town in development

Interesting Data on the 158 families funding most of the US Presidential election

How the TPP and WTO can circumvent democratic laws

Recent changes to the Argentinian currency float.

great little article about how the CLF is not all the potential workers.

Brazilian currency decline hurts Panama tourism

Oligopolies in the beer market

A book that filters clean water.

Panama specific  (in Spanish)  structural unemployment issues in Panama and the focus on the training programs and lack of skilled workers.

Amazingly complex story of how corruption hurts well intended private assets to alleviate poverty

Anti redlining laws and socially responsible banking

Fair trade chocolate and the chocolate industry