Eliud Kipchoge and Roger Bannister - contrasts and the running style

10/13/2019

Kipchoge's entire focus is on running in 2019 with the world watching and the richest man in Britain heading company Ineos backing him. Bannister is only shown later on BBC and is focussed on completing his medical studies, with no major financial supporter.

Linked Articles

The barrier broken on salad and spikes

The Times 10/13/2019

John Goodbody

BBC Sport 04/26/2019

The story behind President Trump's action to support new elections in Venezuela under an interim government in 2019

01/25/2019

Linked Articles

Intervening Against Venezuela’s Strongman, Trump Belies ‘America First’

New York Times 01/24/2019

Peter Baker And Edward Wong

WSJ 01/25/2019

Jessica Donati, Vivian Salama

India's general election in 2019- performance and flaws of the Modi government

06/05/2018

Differing views of the Modi government, views of the middle class hurt by demonetisation uncertainty from Dhume and views representing the interests of the rural, lower income and other part of the middle class from Arvind Panagriya. Some of the changes brought about by the Modi government reflecting the vision of Mahatma Gandhi for fundamental change from the ground up in the villages and rural parts of India- health and sanitation, access to bank accounts, access to health care- coupled with Nehru's vision of modernization using the technologies of the twenty first century.

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Modi’s three big gambles: We’ll soon know if demonetisation, GST and Adityanath damaged BJP’s re-election prospects

Times of India Blog 06/05/2018

Sadanand Dhume

Times of India Blog 05/30/2018

Arvind Panagriya

Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative and the effort to renegotiate NAFTA, ensure a level playing field in international trade

05/19/2017

In a 2010 article Lighthizer described the disadvantages for the U.S. in existing trade practices, especially with China. We covered Lighthizer at that time. In 2017 Lighthizer takes up the arduous task of renegotiating NAFTA, and ensuring a level playing field in U.S. trade relations with Germany, China, Japan, and other countries.

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Throwing Free Trade Overboard

New York Times 11/12/2010

Robert E. Lighthizer, Robert, E., Lighthizer

The New York Times 05/18/2017

Julie Hirschfeld Davis

Goldman Sachs and the Trump administration- Steven Mnuchin at Treasury and Gary Cohen at the National Economic Council

12/09/2016

Bank stocks are up with the election of Donald Trump, Goldman Sachs share price up 34%, with the push back against regulation of banks following the 2008 financial crisis.

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Goldman Sachs No. 2 Seen as a Top Economic Adviser to Trump

The New York Times 12/09/2016

Nathaniel Popper, Michael J. De La Merced, Maggie Haberman

WSJ 11/29/2016

Anupreeta Das, Rachel Louise Ensign

Chancellor Merkel and listening to German public opinion reflected in state elections of 2016

09/20/2016

Here we argue that contrary to general media coverage in the NYT, WSJ, Economist, and German media, a year from now Merkel may be seen more positively. This is because Merkel has always listened to public opinion carefully, and has told the German public frankly what happened- that she and the German government were caught unprepared in the refugee crisis that came up in summer 2015.

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German politics is turning into a six-party system

The Economist 09/19/2016

DW.COM 09/19/2016

Udo Bauer / Ksb

Speaker Paul Ryan's House seat in Janesville, Wisconsin- improving economy in a U.S. midwestern factory town and the debate on trade, help for working class families

08/10/2016

The unemployment rate in Janesville, Wisconsin drops to 4.4% in May 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was over 9% following the closing of the GM plant and the recession from the 2008 financial crisis. A working class town Janesville was hit hard by the closing of the GM plant in 2008. Amy Goldstein of the Washington Post describes the impact of losing about 5000 jobs at the GM plant, and the problems typical of most manufacturing dependent towns. Throughout the period since being first elected to Congress in 1998 Ryan has continued to be able to get elected on the basis of faith, family and public service, even though some of his policies may not have helped the poor and elderly or laid off workers. Ryan voted for rescuing the auto industry and worked hard to keep the GM plant, and listens to his constituents, and as the economy recovered by 2016 won easily in this old industrial midwestern town. His influence in national politics gives Janesville an opportunity to be heard, as it tackles problems common to many midwestern towns in the U.S.

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Could Paul Ryan’s ideas help his struggling home town? - The Washington Post

Washington Post 08/19/2012

Amy Goldstein, Amy, Goldstein

The Guardian 08/10/2016

David Smith

Goldman Sachs and U.S. regulators in 2015-2017- cutting risks in trading activity and private equity/hedge fund investments following the excessive leveraging of the 2008 financial crisis

08/04/2016

Stronger regulation takes shape through the efforts of Daniel Tarullo at the Federal Reserve and the LISSC. The situation with Goldman Sachs, one of the highly leveraged banks during the 2008 financial crisis still hoping to earn high profits with large trading activities.

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At Goldman Sachs, Stress Test Results Could Endanger an Important Profit Source

New York Times 03/08/2015

Nathaniel Popper, Nathaniel, Popper

WSJ 08/04/2016

Liz Hoffman

Rules for bonuses and executive pay in the UK, U.S. and EU for banks and financial institutions in 2015-2016- restoring trust and ensuring soundesss of banks

04/22/2016

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New Rules Curbing Wall Street Pay Proposed

Wall Street Journal 04/22/2016

Donna Borak, Donna, Borak, Andrew Ackerman, Andrew, Ackerman, Christina Rexrode, Christina, Rexrode

Wall Street Journal 04/22/2016

Donna Borak, Donna, Borak, Andrew Ackerman, Andrew, Ackerman, Christina Rexrode, Christina, Rexrode

Brazil's economic and political crisis in 2016 following corruption scandals, the collapse of commodity prices, and a budget deficit of 10.8%

04/19/2016

Linked Articles

Dilma Rousseff looks increasingly likely to be impeached

Economist 04/19/2016

Economist.Com

Wall Street Journal 04/19/2016

Ruchir Sharma, Ruchir, Sharma

The premium for shares in the Shanghai and other financial markets on the mainland and the difficult task facing policymakers in Beijing in 2016

01/06/2016

Linked Articles

Uncertainty About Stock-Selling Ban Clouds China’s Markets

Wall Street Journal 01/06/2016

Anjani Trivedi, Anjani, Trivedi, Chao Deng, Chao, Deng

Wall Street Journal 01/06/2016

Alex Frangos, Alex, Frangos

2016 U.S. presidential candidate Jeb Bush's Tax Plan that spells out details, and takes a shot at 4% growth for restoring lost social and economic mobility in the U.S.

09/09/2015

The efforts to wrestle with the deficit in 2011-2012 led to a vigorous debate on changing the tax code, yet political leaders failed to take up new ideas or spell out the details. Jeb Bush, with advisors Martin Feldstein and Kevin Warsh, takes the unconventional approach of putting in the details, and taking up ideas such as the idea of limiting itemized deductions to 2% of adjusted gross income proposed by Feldstein in that debate. On the $2.1 trillion in income held overseas by U.S. companies Bush proposes 8.75% tax paid over 10 years. On business investment he proposes capital investment be allowed to be deducted in full immediately. It is based on the idea that business investment can drive a vigorous recovery, that workers bear 50% of the burden of higer taxes through sluggish wage growth. It levels the playing field for debt and equity capital, removing "carried interest" provision, as a lesson from the excessive leverage taken by financial institutions in the past.

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The Bush Growth Plan

Wall Street Journal 09/10/2015

Editorial

New York Times 09/09/2015

Alan Rappeport, Alan, Rappeport, Matt Flegenheimer, Matt, Flegenheimer

The huge contrast between Chancellor Merkel's approach and the approach of Obama and Cameron to the Syrian refugee crisis

08/20/2015

The German chancellor will be remembered in history for the way she handled the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015, and for the courage to say, "if Europe fails on the question of refugees, its close connection with universal civil rights will be destroyed." Reports in the Guardian newspaper say Germany is likely to accept about 1 million refugees in 2015. Chancellor Merkel says about 800,000 refugees will be admitted in 2015. Contrast this with the UK reports the Guardian which has 166 refugees admitted to the UK, and reports in the WSJ that about 1500 refugees have been admitted to the U.S.. Merkel has taken on the challenge in a spirited way as Europe faces anti-immigrant sentiment and rallied German society in a way that is remarkable. The withdrawal of the Obama administration from the Middle East led to the collapse of the fragile situation in Libya, Iraq and Syria, and the unravelling of these countries, leading to the current refugee crisis with about half of the Syrian population dislocated and large parts of the population of Libya, Iraq, and Kurdish regions dislocated.

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U.S. Pressed to Take More Syrian Refugees

Wall Street Journal 09/05/2015

Felicia Schwartz, Felicia, Schwartz

Washington Post 08/20/2015

Rick Noack, Rick, Noack