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Nick Dearden: Beyond Bretton Woods
Sorry, Gordon, but Bretton Woods II is not the answer for the world's emerging economies. Fundamental reform is neededGordon Brown's tour of the Gulf, seeking money to bolster IMF funds, suggests his...
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Rich nations shut out the UN | Nick Dearden
It is no surprise that the UN's attempts at global governance are ineffective when it is held back by the richest nationsThe next fortnight will witness two summits of world leaders which will give...
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Time to ditch the dollar | Nick Dearden
The world is looking to reduce its reliance on the US. A global reserve bank with a truly international currency is the solutionEmerging states such as China, Russia, and Brazil have finally had enough...
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Copenhagen: the sound of silence | Nick Dearden and Tim Jones
Denmark's reputation is being destroyed by police action outside the summit and the gagging of NGOs and poor nations insideThe problem the Danish government faces gets bigger by the hour. Clearly the...
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Free trade is not what Africa needs, Mr Cameron | Nick Dearden
African prosperity relies on a wholesale rejection of the western free trade model, which is unlikely to be the view of David Cameron or the delegates he's travelling with in AfricaOn his trip to South...
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Zombie banks are dragging Ireland into the ground | Nick Dearden
Just like many African nations, Ireland's debts must be cancelled or a 'financial bomb' will go off in its most deprived communitiesActivists more accustomed to campaigning against the debts of...
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Greece: here come the vulture funds | Nick Dearden
Financial 'investors' have already made a killing on Greek debt, but this activity isn't inevitable – such vultures can be challengedNot everyone is unhappy about the desperate straits of the Greek...
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Greece can do without the 'sympathy' the IMF has shown Niger | Nick Dearden
In Niger, the IMF's loans have done more harm than good as ordinary people have had to pay the price for reckless lendingChristine Lagarde's crass comments on Greece have caused an understandable...
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Africa's wealth is being devoured by tyrants and vultures
Citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo should be living in one of the world's richest countries. Plunder and corruption condemns them to povertyA surprise judgment was made last week against a...
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Egypt's turmoil is a distraction from IMF economic agenda | Nick Dearden
Political and religious tensions should not obscure the deeper economic issues that are dividing Egyptian societyThe storming of the US embassy in Cairo has diverted attention once again from the real...
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Guatemala's Chixoy dam: where development and terror intersect | Nick Dearden
A 1982 massacre paved the way for a hydroelectric dam built with development bank funds. What lessons have been learned?Thirty years ago a massacre took place in the Guatemalan highlands that left 400...
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Greece and Spain helped postwar Germany recover. Spot the difference | Nick...
Sixty years ago, half of German war debts were cancelled to build its economy. Yet today, debt is destroying those creditorsSixty years ago today, an agreement was reached in London to cancel half of...
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Jamaica's decades of debt are damaging its future | Nick Dearden
The latest IMF loan does not 'rescue' Jamaica, whose debt must be written off if its people are to take control of their economyMany people in Jamaica would have trembled as they read the financial...
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Pakistan's new government must put development before debt repayment | Nick...
With an economy paralysed by IMF interference, Pakistan could reassert its independence by halting debt repaymentsNo matter which government Pakistan's people had voted for last week, the debt payments...
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G8 needs reminding the market doesn't know best when it comes to hunger |...
Partnerships with food giants such as Monsanto and Unilever will not eradicate hunger – and they might well make it worseDavid Cameron's attempt to detoxify the Conservative party has rested on a set...
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Nick Dearden: Beyond Bretton Woods
Sorry, Gordon, but Bretton Woods II is not the answer for the world's emerging economies. Fundamental reform is neededGordon Brown's tour of the Gulf, seeking money to bolster IMF funds, suggests his...
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Rich nations shut out the UN | Nick Dearden
It is no surprise that the UN's attempts at global governance are ineffective when it is held back by the richest nationsThe next fortnight will witness two summits of world leaders which will give...
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Time to ditch the dollar | Nick Dearden
The world is looking to reduce its reliance on the US. A global reserve bank with a truly international currency is the solutionEmerging states such as China, Russia, and Brazil have finally had enough...
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Copenhagen: the sound of silence | Nick Dearden and Tim Jones
Denmark's reputation is being destroyed by police action outside the summit and the gagging of NGOs and poor nations insideThe problem the Danish government faces gets bigger by the hour. Clearly the...
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Free trade is not what Africa needs, Mr Cameron | Nick Dearden
African prosperity relies on a wholesale rejection of the western free trade model, which is unlikely to be the view of David Cameron or the delegates he's travelling with in AfricaOn his trip to South...
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