I'm enjoying Joe Stiglitz's much-talked-about book, Globalization and its
discontents and find myself very much in sympathy with his main argument
-- that the IMF has imposed a one-size-fits-all set of conditions on all
sorts of countries with entirely different problems.
As to his economic
Being Sunday, and a fine morning, I took myself off into the cliffside
woods above my house. While my dog mooched around and ineffectually chased
squirrels in the far distance I sat on a log (much praised for educational
purposes by Mark Twain) to read the business supplements. In the quietness
Keith Hudson wrote:
[snip]
There is little doubt from what Paul Krugman and others have written that
Bush and Cheney have been much implicated in illegal share dealings in the
past which made them a lot of money. It would be in the greatest interest
of America in particular, and for
The handcuffs were barbaric. Under U.S. law Rigas is innocent until proven
guilty. If the handcuffs were meant as punishment rather than as
restraints to prevent him from resisting arrest, they violated his right to
a fair trial. They put the punishment before the conviction. It may even be
that
At 07:04 28/07/02 -0700, you wrote:
The handcuffs were barbaric. Under U.S. law Rigas is innocent until proven
guilty. If the handcuffs were meant as punishment rather than as
restraints to prevent him from resisting arrest, they violated his right to
a fair trial. They put the punishment before
Tom, although I share your sentiments regarding the Florida debacle in 2000,
the prospect of either Bush or Cheney being convicted, much less led away in
handcuffs per Keith and Brad's fantasy are remote. I also agree that over
zealotry could backfire if the media is allowed to overdo the tried
I agree!
REH
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From: Tom Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: An extreme punishment?
The handcuffs were barbaric. Under U.S. law Rigas is innocent until proven
guilty. If
At last. Someone who knew the same people I knew in the government.
Ray Evans Harrell
In Oversight We Trust
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
everal years ago an Indian journalist friend of mine, who was working in
Indonesia, remarked to me that corruption in the Indonesian bureaucracy was
so endemic
