Bailout for the World’s Poorest People
With the world’s most impoverished people bearing the brunt of a crisis they had no role in creating, donor countries should come up with a $300 billion package to cushion the economic shock.
With the world’s most impoverished people bearing the brunt of a crisis they had no role in creating, donor countries should come up with a $300 billion package to cushion the economic shock.
Without bothering to learn from the mistakes that until recently had it desperately seeking a new mission, the IMF again is turning into the world’s financial firefighter.
The region’s newfound independence may blunt the impact of global economic turmoil.
The November 15 economic summit isn’t the best way to address many of the underlying issues that contributed to the global economic crisis in developing countries.
The following document is a series of talking points, in an easy-to-read question-and-answer format, on the key questions being discussed today about the global economic meltdown.
Paulson’s new plan still sides with the executives and shortchanges the taxpayers.
The financial crisis highlights the United States’ increasing dependence on militarism.
When it comes to food shortages around the world, the World Bank does more harm than good.
The bailout does precious little to limit the extravagant pay that gives top executives the incentive to behave outrageously.
Congress needs to address the bailout’s unfinished agenda and fix our broken financial system.
Foreign aid and diplomacy are key to strategic success.
The candidate is proposing a radical restriction on pay for CEOs of bailed-out firms. But is he serious or is this just election season populism?
Congress should use the bailout to reform executive pay, not maintain it.
A recent Government Accountability Office study found that two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005. These same companies reported trillions of dollars in earnings.