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Get the wristband: I buy goods from poorer countries
From the Adam Smith Institute. Brilliant. I’ve asked for some. Hat tip: Tim. Update: they arrived.…
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Michael Gerson on Foreign Aid
Michael Gerson was, until last month, George W. Bush’s speechwriter. His views are hard to pigeonhole…
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No eternal friends
Peter Hitchens in the Mail: I repeat, I love America, think we have much to learn…
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Will Senator Lieberman be stripped of his Senate committee posts?
Senator Lieberman says he is going to run as an independent, having lost the Democratic Party…
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Darfur still on the edge of chaos
According to the Guardian The Darfur peace agreement is on the verge of collapse with fresh…
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Microsoft crippled by its cash cows
Niall Kennedy is leaving Microsoft after four months: I was able to borrow resources here and…
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Smoking the biometric crack
The Register reports Gordon Brown’s interest in extending the ID cards scheme. In the ID world…
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The battle of ideas
Jackie Ashley is good in the Guardian today: To be a liberal does not mean shrugging…
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Why do economists blog?
This week’s Economist asks why there is an invisible hand on the keyboard: Not all economics…
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