Archive for the ‘Economy’
The Democrats’ Dream Ticket?
Barack Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate. In what appeared to be a very formal selection process Obama has turned down a plethora of other potential running mates in favour of the experienced foreign policy expert, Joe Biden. But what does this mean for the race to the White House?
The collapse of the WTO talks: why we should care
On Tuesday 29 July, ministerial-level negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) collapsed. Many international development charities, including the World Development Movement and ActionAid welcomed the breakdown in talks, arguing that “no deal is better than a bad deal”. Whilst this isn’t the place to go into controversial and arcane economic debates about the pros [...]
