Country ... USA
Republican party and foreign policy
TRMS ... Ezra Klein on Romney's foreign policy credentials
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Banking
Why did the banks need bailing out?
Ezra Klein and the banking sector ... plus interview with Berofsky, who has written the book 'Bailout'
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Policing
NYPD 'violated rights' of Occupy protesters
Rights lawyers release report that shows police used excessive force, escalated tensions during Occupy Wall protests.
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Country ... USA
Activism ... Understanding Wall Street's 'Occupation'
Four activists discuss goals of the 24-hour encampment in New York's financial district as it gains nationwide momentum.
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Country ... USA
Politics ... more on Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney ... failing charm offensive in London does not work ... and then a whole lot of Romney's bad ideas about economics
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Ideas ... Lord Robert Skidelsky
Lord Robert Skidelsky warns about free markets
'The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Future of International Relations,' was given as part of the Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series.
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Romney
The Romney campaign is taking Obama comments out of context ... time and time again.
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Gun Control\
Ezra Klein talking about Obama and potential for gun control, and other changes in Obama initiatives
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People ... Neera Tanden
President, Center for American Progress
Very articulate ... FOLLOW UP NEEDED
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Country ... USA
FOLLOW UP
Climate change ... so ahat about doing something about infrastructure
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Country ... USA
Nothing official ... initiatives from ordinary people
Ezra Klein ... Thank you Veterans ... this time in Twin Cities
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Housing
Housing and their associated bubbles
Dean Baker ... New housing bubbles set to burst ...
Central banks and governments should focus on deflating bubbles before they grow large enough to be dangerous.
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Country ... USA
Housing ... and the bubble that should never have been
Dean Baker ... The US housing bubble: What Greenspan should have done ...
Alan Greenspan should have led economists to document the potential harm of the bubble, and to burst it early.
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Geo-politics
Central Asia ... Silk Road
Welcome to the new Great Game ...
The West is not exactly interested in encouraging an Arab Spring along the Silk Road.
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Media
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Noam Chomsky - The Political Economy of the Mass Media - Part 1
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Ideas
Destroying the commons
Noam Chomsky ... The Magna Carta outlined the rights of man nearly 1,000 years ago, yet the ruling classes have undermined it ever since.
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Ideas
The structure of the international world
Is the world too big to fail? ... Noam Chomsky explains how the global order of power has been created and describes the mechanisms behind its continuity.
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International
War on Terror
Chomsky: 9/11 - was there an alternative? ...
Suppression of one's own crimes is virtually ubiquitous among powerful states, at least those that are not defeated.
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International
War on Terror
Richard N. Haass putting 9/11 in perspective ...
September 11, 2001, was a terrible tragedy by any measure, but it was not a historical turning point, argues author.
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Country ... USA
Does Romney want to go back to Bush foreign policy?
Josh Rogin, reporter for Foreign Policy and author of 'The Cable' blog, talks with Melissa Harris-Perry
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Sport ... The Olympics
The whole world is involved
These are the countries that took part in the Opening Ceremony ... July 27, 2012 in London
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Country ... Syria
Fight for Aleppo
Syrian army 'launches Aleppo fightback' ...
Activists say Assad forces mount ground assault on commercial capital, as rebels make gains in countryside in north.
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Media
Africa Investigates ...
What Price the Story?
Africa Investigates gives some of Africa's best journalists the chance to pursue high-level investigative targets.
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The Rachel Maddow Show
Country ... USA
Republican politics
TRMS ... Scott Brown makes issue of Elizabeth Warren's ancestry
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Country ... USA
Republican politics all about fringe issues
TRMS ... Politics and the gay agenda ... Republicans about ...
GOP frustrated as accountability sidelines talking points
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Country ... USA
Republican politics all about fringe issues
TRMS ... Politics and the gay agenda ... Republicans about ...
GOP frustrated as accountability sidelines talking points
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London 2012 Olympics
The dynamics of the true valueadd economy
London's bout with 'Olympicitis'... The UK government claims the Olympics will be a boon for the economy - but the long-term benefits are iffy, says author.
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Country ... USA
Politics in 2012
Will rising poverty affect the US election? ...
As the wealth gap in the US is growing, we ask if there is political will to improve the lives of the country's poor ... Cornell West starts it off
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Country ... USA
Poverty
Why is there so much poverty in a rich country ... Taking from the poor to feed US defence
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International
War on Terror
AJE Featured Documentaries : The 9/11 Decade - The Intelligence War
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International
War on Terror
Featured Documentaries : The 9/11 Decade - The Clash of Civilizations?
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Metrics
Triple Bottom Line
Critical to go beyond money profit accountancy ... Triple bottom line consists of three Ps ... Profit, People and Planet
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People ... Durreen Shahnaz
TED Talk
Durreen Shahnaz -- Defiant Optimism for Social Development
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Initiative ... Social Capital Market
TEDxKL-Dureen Shahnaz
March 2012 ... Perception vs Reality, Can Capital Market be used for Social Good?
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Ideas ... Social Capital Exchange
An initiative of Dureen Shahnaz
Stock exchange to facilitate investments in social enterprises
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Initiatives ... Social Stock Exchange
World's First Social Stock Exchange by Durreen Shahnaz
World's First Social Stock Exchange by Durreen Shahnaz
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Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange
Durreen Shahnaz
Durreen Shahnaz -- Defiant Optimism for Social Development
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Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange
Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 1/6
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Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange
Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 2/6
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Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange
Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 3/6
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Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange
Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 4/6
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Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange
Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 5/6
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Initiative ... Social Capital Exchange
Impact Forum 2012
Measuring Success: How to know when you are making an impact? part 6/6
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Metrics ... Social Return on Investment
The SROI Network
ABOUT THE SROI NETWORK
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Initiatives ... WikiVOIS
Getting material about metrics of social impact
WikiVOIS is an initiative of the SROI Network which promotes the use and development of a uniform Social Return on Investment methodology
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Mitt Romney
Mother Jones ... Mitt Romney Praises Socialized Healthcare, As Long As It's Not American
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... The weaknesses of Romney
TRMS ... Romney has no substance when it comes to foreign policy
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Initiatives ... Volans
Going beyond what Sustainability was about
Based in London and Singapore, Volans is a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship movements.
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People ... John Elkington
A pioneer in the 'green' and 'sustainable' economy
Founding Partner & Executive Chairman of Volans in 2008 and also Co-founder of SustainAbility in 1987
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Country ... USA
Gun control is controlled by the NRA
Cliff Schecter ... Boys with toys ... The way most Americans react to a tragedy like the shooting in Colorado is to feel overwhelming sadness for the victims.
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