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Commodity Culture and Currency Wars: The Consequence of Devaluating China
Global financial markets were thrown into panic as China allowed the Yuan to devalue for three days in a row in an effort to combat the countries slowing economic growth. The annual increase of China’s economy has slowed from...
DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 4 AUGUST 2012
Africa and Middle East Syria urgency heightens in crisis Reports of new fighting have come out of Syria’s two main cities Damascus and Aleppo. Both are strategically very important to both rebels and official forces as the co...
WATCH: Meet Global Corruption’s Hidden Players
When the son of the president Equatorial Guinea, a desperately poor country, starts buying mansions in Florida and top of the range sports cars on an official monthly salary of $7,000, corruption, suggests Charmian Gooch, foun...
The World Cup Conundrum: A Legacy Of Loss?
Pele, Ronaldinho, Kaka. To the common layperson, these names may not mean much, but to football aficionados, they hold the same rank as St Paul or St Joseph do to devout Catholics: holy figures, to be admired and worshipped for...
Intern vs. Mayor: Battle Bares Bloomberg’s Argument for Secrecy
In November 2010, I was earning $300 a week for The Village Voice, blogging about unemployed actors who moonlit as bed bug exterminators and a city project to make biofuel out of toilet water. One afternoon, then-Schools Chance...
Infographic: The Psychology of Poverty
Studies have shown that the levels of worry that go hand in hand when dealing with poverty are causing immense metal strain on those caught up in the poverty cycle. Money worries are creating a vicious cycle in American soc...
