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Euro Bailout Failure | by 5 ducats

Have so many ever been so enthusiastic over a plan to beg, borrow, and steal $1.5 trillion? •Beg - Weaker European banks will have to raise over $100 billion in capital. •Borrow - Eurozone will borrow $1.4 trillion to bailout future sovereign and bank defaults. •Steal...

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The crisis of our time | by Alex Callinicos

As it has remorselessly unwound, the global economic and financial crisis has passed through a succession of turning points. The first came when the credit crunch began in August 2007. Then there was the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, precipitating the...

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His Hollowness the 14th Dalai Lama

His Hollowness the 14th Dalai Lama

This month sees an official visit to Australia by the 14th Dalai Lama. A deluxe package, priced at $5,000, will give you the chance to witness the teachings and the “journey of a man of compassion and wisdom”. The main event in Melbourne, a three-day teaching session,...

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His Hollowness the 14th Dalai Lama

His Hollowness the 14th Dalai Lama

This month sees an official visit to Australia by the 14th Dalai Lama. A deluxe package, priced at $5,000, will give you the chance to witness the teachings and the “journey of a man of compassion and wisdom”. The main event in Melbourne, a three-day teaching session,...

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Tibet: dream and reality | by Slavoj Zizek

The West is projecting not only its own spiritual fantasies upon Tibet, but its own economic fears upon China, imagining a power struggle quite different from that which has actually happened in Tibet. We have to learn to look at Tibet as it is – and China too.All the...

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