The G20, a forum constructed by the powerfully rich G8 countries, by drawing in the so-called emerging economies of China, India, Brazil and which also includes South Africa, met at the end of June to tackle the on-going global financial crisis and the threat of a...
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We are not short of alternatives and strategies
Source: Times Online/UK Robin Hahnel's ZSpace Page April 03, 2009 In The Times last week Hugo Rifkind threw down the gauntlet to demonstrators protesting at the G20 summit to "formulate a coherent argument" and "propose some sort of feasible alternative to the world...
A G20 meeting for naught
Translated by Christine Pagnoulle in collaboration with Elisabeth Anne The G20 summit meeting in London from April 1st onward was loudly announced and publicized. Those 20 industrialized and emergent countries (G20) are meeting to find solutions to the crisis. But...
G20’s trillion dollar magic tricks
G20 "trillion" dollar magic trick To great fanfare, the G20 announced a $1.1 trillion global package, which will actually deliver less than half that amount in new or guaranteed resources. Meanwhile issues of fundamental economic reform were left off the agenda. The...


