By Stephen Linaweaver
Published November 02, 2009
http://greenbiz.com/blog/2009/11/02/go-slow-stay-low-mantra-greener-economy
In another life, I was an educator for Save the Bay in Oakland, Calif.
With the humdrum of finance, technology, and transportation whirring around and above us, we spent our days with scores of middle schoolers, teaching them to paddle canoes and absorb the natural world around them for the first time. The most difficult part was to teach them to get into, and out of, the canoes without tipping them.
“Go slow, stay low” was the mantra. It worked for most, but not for all. Inevitably there would be a few life vest-wearing, mud-covered students waist high in the waters of the bay before class was over.
A special report on the world economy
Oct 1st 2009
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14530093
The world economy is recovering from financial disaster. But it will not return to normal as we know it, says Simon Cox.
NEWPORT BEACH, California, is not a bad place to contemplate the future of the world economy. Its information office
promises nine miles of pristine sand, fine dining for devoted epicureans and an atmosphere of laid-back sophistication. Yet students of economic turmoil will find their subject matter conveniently close to hand.
California’s unemployment rate has doubled to 12.2% since the start of 2008. Saddled with the worst credit rating in
the country, the “Golden State” is cutting spending on schools, prisons and health care for the elderly, as well as closing parks and laying off staff for three days a month. It will pay its workers a day late at the end of the fiscal year so that the expense will show up in next year’s budget. Financial shenanigans are not the sole province of the banking industry.
Rabu, 11 November 2009 | 03:15 WIB
Bagaimana pedagang kecil mampu bertahan di tengah rimba persaingan kota Jakarta yang disesaki pemodal besar? Ketika Jakarta tampak kurang memberikan tempat buat mereka, nyatanya usaha orang-orang kecil yang dirintis dari desa itu tidak mudah tersingkir. Ternyata, kunci ”pertahanan hidup” mereka adalah kemampuan membangun jaringan usaha yang tersambung dari desa ke kota.
Untuk memelihara jaringan itu, mereka memanfaatkan tali persaudaraan atau tali kekerabatan sedesa, sekecamatan, atau sekabupaten. Sentimen kedaerahan itu mampu menjaga kepercayaan di dalam jaringan. Begitulah yang dilakukan kakak beradik, Casih (40) dan Suberi (38), bersama jaringannya. Kedua perempuan asal Cirebon ini tinggal di rumah kontrakan di kawasan pintu air Pejompongan, Jakarta Pusat.
Par Alex Lantier
9 novembre 2009
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2009/nov2009/fran-n09.shtml
Avec le renvoi en correctionnelle de l’ancien président Jacques Chirac, qui ouvre la voie au tout premier procès d’un président français, les enquêtes sur les scandales politico-financiers de France se sont développées en une crise gouvernementale de grande ampleur. Le renvoi en correctionnelle de Chirac fait suite à la condamnation à un an de prison ferme de l’ancien ministre de l’Intérieur Charles Pasqua dans le scandale des ventes d’armes à l’Angola et au procès qui a duré un mois de l’ancien premier ministre Dominique de Villepin dans l’affaire Clearstream.
Tandis que ces dirigeants politiques risquent la prison et la disgrâce publique, le décor est planté pour des batailles juridiques longues qui menacent de discréditer l’ensemble de l’establishment politique au point de « faire sauter vingt fois la République », pour reprendre les termes, avant son procès de 2001, du dirigeant d’une entreprise pétrolière, Alfred Sirven, reconnu coupable.
Senin, 9 November 2009 | 03:18 WIB
Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa
http://cetak.kompas.com/read/xml/2009/11/09/03181388/membaca.prospek.pemulihan.ekonomi.as
Gejolak di pasar modal akhir-akhir ini membuat banyak kalangan bertanya-tanya akan kesinambungan pemulihan ekonomi Amerika Serikat. Ketidakpastian ini tentu saja berdampak negatif pada pasar modal Indonesia. Apakah harus khawatir pada prospek pemulihan ekonomi AS dan ekonomi kita?
Angka pertumbuhan ekonomi AS pada triwulan III 3,5 persen, berada di atas perkiraan para analis. Ini merupakan salah satu indikasi bahwa perekonomian AS mulai keluar dari resesi.
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By Andre Damon
7 November 2009
http://wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/unem-n07.shtml
The US unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in October, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. This is only the second time official unemployment has reached double digits since the end of World War II. It is the highest level since early 1983.
The latest figures show the real basis for the “recovery” proclaimed by the Obama administration, which is accompanied by soaring unemployment, together with speedups and wage cuts. The unemployment figures come only one day after the release of figures showing that those who still have a job are doing more work for less money.
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