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06/23/2026
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Ukraine + Russia Peace Reconstruction Effort Groups
Jerry Muller on Capitalism and Inequality- preserving economic dynamism and maintaining protections for the middle class and the poor
04/15/2009
Muller points out that the family really matters and belonging to particular social, immigrant, ethnic and religious groups also makes a difference. Muller says having a clear eyed view shows protections are necessary for capitalism to work, yet also points out that in advanced capitalist societies muc of the framework for the protections such as unemployment insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Earned Income Credit, Affordable Care Act, are already in place. Individual societies and countries have to come up with their own solutions for economic protections. At the same time economic dynamism is critical part of vibrant democracy and capitalism. This requires human capital to be deployed in the best way possible. For individual countries this means increasing and preserving competitiveness in the global marketplace.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 06/22/2013
OECD report cites rising income inequality - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/06/2011
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
New York Times 09/12/2013
Americaâs Sinking Middle Class
New York Times 09/18/2013
Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
President Obama and the limits of speechmaking as realities of war and deficits and the jobless sink in.
04/15/2009
Grouped Articles
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/2009
New York Times 11/06/2009
Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5%
New York Times 11/07/2009
Small Businesses Hunker Down to Survive
New York Times 11/08/2009
Maybe a New Day for Doctors’ Pay
New York Times 11/08/2009
Letters: The Price to Pay for Health Care
New York Times 11/08/2009
Russian president Medvedev and the politics of good intentions, little followup
04/15/2009
Grouped Articles
Medvedev Chooses Critic for an Interview Debut
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2009
Medvedev Urges Reform of Russian Political System
New York Times 12/17/2011
A Puzzle Over Intentions of Russia’s President
New York Times 05/03/2009
Anti-corruption demonstrations sweep across Russia
The Economist 03/29/2017
Jerry Muller on making Capitalism work in western and eastern societies
04/15/2009
Grouped Articles
Unknown 03/12/2013
Uncertainty bedevils the best system
Unknown 04/15/2009
In Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism
New York Times 07/11/2015
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/2016
Crony capitalism in Israel
04/15/2009
Grouped Articles
The Crony System That Makes Israelis Poorer
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2012
Uncertainty bedevils the best system
Unknown 04/15/2009
New York Times 03/16/2015
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/2016
Philips Healthcare division
04/15/2009
Grouped Articles
The Ka-Ching in China Luring Medical Giants
BusinessWeek 03/04/2010
Philips's CEO Urges Local Strategies for Emerging Markets
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2010
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2009
The costs of the Taliban and terrorism for business, manufacturing, and infrastructure in Pakistan
04/14/2009
The huge costs for Pakistani business and manufacturers to live constantly in a war zone atmosphere. The costs in terms of workers and managers who live and work in the most difficult conditions. The story of National Foods and other plants in Pakistan.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan Gives Sharif a Mandate
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
In Pakistan, Echoes of American Betrayal
New York Times 07/31/2010
Power Outages Hobble Pakistan's Biggest Exporters
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2014
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
New York Times 04/20/2014
Allied Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart
New York Times 04/14/2009
Goldman Sachs performance 2010-2016
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
This Trend Is No Friend to Goldman
Wall Street Journal 04/17/2013
Goldman's Profit Rises on Investment Banking
Wall Street Journal 04/17/2013
Goldman Sachs's Profit Doubles on Strong Trading Revenue
Wall Street Journal 07/17/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2013
Fall in Revenue at Goldman Sachs Raises Concerns
New York Times 10/17/2013
Goldman: From Great Expectations to Hard Times
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2013
Savings in using Stimulus Funds for construction projects
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
State Highway Projects Draw Low Bids
Wall Street Journal 04/14/2009
Pakistan's government negotations with the Pakistan Taliban in 2014
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
New York Times 04/20/2014
Allied Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart
New York Times 04/14/2009
After Months of Infighting, a Major Faction Splits From the Pakistani Taliban
New York Times 05/28/2014
U.S. Options in Pakistan Limited
Washington Post 05/04/2009
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2014
With Taliban’s Revival, Dread Returns to Swat Valley
New York Times 07/26/2014
Nawaz Sharif and the Pakistan Taliban (TTP)
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Official Admits Militancyâs Deep Roots in Pakistan
New York Times 06/02/2010
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2014
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
New York Times 04/20/2014
Allied Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart
New York Times 04/14/2009
After Months of Infighting, a Major Faction Splits From the Pakistani Taliban
New York Times 05/28/2014
U.S. president Obama's Georgetown University speech April 13, 2009, outlining his approach to tackle the global financial crisis and America's challenges
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 04/14/2009
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/2009
Google, the First Amendment protection of media, and the Associated Press case precedent from the 1940's
04/13/2009
Products such as Google search being media related and "clothed with the public interest" in a way similiar to Associated Press news product in a case from the 1940's. This is different from the monopolistic practice of Microsoft say some experts. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took this position in its Jan 2013 decision.
Grouped Articles
Google Wins Key Copyright Ruling
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Papers Try to Get Out of a Box
New York Times 04/13/2009
Google to Shut Spanish News Service
Wall Street Journal 12/12/2014
Inside the U.S. Antitrust Probe of Google
Wall Street Journal 03/20/2015
Is Google Like Gas or Like Steel?
New York Times 01/04/2013
Google Wins an Antitrust Battle
New York Times 01/04/2013
American Capitalism- the lack of social mobility and educational opportunity, and increasing cronyism in 2012
04/15/2009
Grouped Articles
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/13
Upward Mobility Has Not Declined, Study Says
New York Times 01/23/14
The ’1 Percent’ isn’t America’s biggest source of inequality. College is.
Washington Post 05/23/14
Uncertainty bedevils the best system
Unknown 04/15/09
Washington Post 11/01/14
Big Gap in College Graduation Rates for Rich and Poor, Study Finds
Wall Street Journal 02/05/15
Reflections on Capitalism as a system and the need for public to be re-educated about hazards, at the time of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009
04/15/2009
Nobel prize winner Edmund Phelps offers some useful reflections on capitalist systems and the hazards if not properly grasped.
Grouped Articles
Uncertainty bedevils the best system
Unknown 04/15/09
In Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism
New York Times 07/11/15
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/16
Mian and Sufi show negative effects of the lack of a comprehensive plan that included homeowner rescue of the Obama-Bernanke Financial Rescue in 2008-2011
04/15/2009
Professors at Princeton and the University of Chicago have demonstrated through their research that the lack of a comprehensive plan providing siginificant efforts to help homeowners has hurt the U.S. economy in the long run and delayed a recovery. With the middle class already reeling under one trillion dollars of student debt, high unemployment, stagnant wages, and retirees facing interest rates near zero, a weakened middle class was further affected by the lack of strong efforts on the homeowner side to balance aid to banks. This makes a consumer driven recovery that much more difficult and prolongs the pain.
Grouped Articles
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/14
New York Times 05/17/14
The Ripple Effects of Rising Student Debt
New York Times 05/24/14
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/09
Book Review: 'House of Debt' by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi
Wall Street Journal 05/29/14
The New Rules of Borrowing for Homes, Autos and College
Wall Street Journal 09/13/14
Reflections on Arthur Brooks and American Capitalism in 2014
04/15/2009
David Brooks points to the need for a capitalism that embraces the needs of the middle class in the U.S., Europe and emerging markets, away from the winner take all mentality - for work that leads to a sense of achievement, more opportunities, improvement in incomes and mobility.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 02/20/14
Uncertainty bedevils the best system
Unknown 04/15/09
In Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism
New York Times 07/11/15
Sanders, Corbyn and the coming debate inside the Democratic Party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/13/15
Wall Street Journal 09/17/15
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/16
Capitalism, values and moral sentiments in designing a decent society
04/15/2009
"He is certainly not a good citizen who does not wish to promote, by every means in his power, the welfare of the whole society of his fellow-citizens." ADAM SMITH, Theory of Moral Sentiments "What institution of government could tend so much to promote the happiness of mankind as the general prevalence of wisdom and virtue? All government is but an imperfect remedy for the deficiency of these..." ADAM SMITH, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Grouped Articles
Uncertainty bedevils the best system
Unknown 04/15/09
In Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism
New York Times 07/11/15
Notable & Quotable: Adam Smith
Wall Street Journal 12/08/15
Turning the Dialogue From Wealth to Values
New York Times 11/12/11
New York Times 11/12/11
New York Times 11/19/11
The Pakistan Taliban and their reach from the tribal areas into the major commercial city of Karachi
04/14/2009
Majority Pashtun areas in the outlying parts of Karachi have an entrenched Taliban in control with connections to tribal Pashtun areas in the border regions.
Grouped Articles
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/14
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
New York Times 04/20/14
Allied Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart
New York Times 04/14/09
After Months of Infighting, a Major Faction Splits From the Pakistani Taliban
New York Times 05/28/14
Altaf Hussain Controls M.Q.M. Party From Exile
New York Times 06/03/14
U.S. Options in Pakistan Limited
Washington Post 05/04/09
Goldman Sachs strategies
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
This Trend Is No Friend to Goldman
Wall Street Journal 04/17/13
Goldman's Profit Rises on Investment Banking
Wall Street Journal 04/17/13
Goldman Bets Less and Takes Hit
Wall Street Journal 07/20/11
Wall Street's Giants Try 'Flow Monster' Formula
Wall Street Journal 05/20/13
Goldman Sachs's Profit Doubles on Strong Trading Revenue
Wall Street Journal 07/17/13
Wall Street Journal 07/23/13
Senior citizens and foreclosures in 2008-2009- the impact of the U.S. mortgage financial crisis
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
Older Borrowers, Out in the Cold
Wall Street Journal 04/14/09
New York Times 05/04/09
Inside Trump Treasury nominee's past life as 'foreclosure king' of California
The Guardian 12/02/16
Goldman Sachs and AIG
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 04/14/09
Goldman Posts Profit and Will Raise $5 Billion
New York Times 04/14/09
Goldman Pushes Stock Issue in Plan to Escape U.S. Grip
Wall Street Journal 04/14/09
The retirement outlook for Americans in 2009
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
Retirement Outlook Drops to Record Low
Wall Street Journal 04/14/09
Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan
04/14/2009
Grouped Articles
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/13
Official Admits Militancyâs Deep Roots in Pakistan
New York Times 06/02/10
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/14
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
New York Times 04/20/14
Allied Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart
New York Times 04/14/09
After Months of Infighting, a Major Faction Splits From the Pakistani Taliban
New York Times 05/28/14
Japan and deflation after the global economic crisis of 2009.
04/13/2009
Grouped Articles
Tokyo's Move to Raise Tax Hits Snag
Wall Street Journal 12/27/11
Japanese Prices Rise, Signaling Rebound
Wall Street Journal 07/26/13
Japan Says 'Sayonara' to Deflation Worries
Wall Street Journal 12/26/13
Japan Official Cites Fundamentals in Yen's Drop
Wall Street Journal 04/12/13
Falling Prices in Japan Feed Deflation Fears
New York Times 04/13/09
Japan Braces for Protracted Stretch of Deflation
Wall Street Journal 05/01/09
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