Mengubah Tatanan Dunia Internasional

GLOBALISASI CHINA
Senin, 26 April 2010 | 04:17 WIB
Rene L Pattiradjawane

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Kita terkesima melihat pertumbuhan China, yang menjadi sebuah model pembangunan baru di dunia. Model China ini berbeda dengan modernisasi yang pernah dilakukan negara-negara Barat melalui tahapan kolonialisasi dan imperialisme pada abad yang lalu.

Dalam konteks regionalisasi, perdagangan bebas, dan 60 tahun hubungan bilateral RI-RRC, China mendadak ibarat seekor gajah yang mendadak ada di dalam ruangan.

Studies reveal Americans’ declining living standards and increasing anger

By Hiram Lee
23 April 2010

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A series of recent studies conducted by the Pew Research Center shed new light on the scope of the economic crisis in the US and the level of hostility the majority of the American population holds for the US government.

Released in March, before the passage of the Obama administration’s health care legislation, a survey entitled “Health Care Reform—Can’t Live With It, or Without It” indicates that 92 percent of Americans give the national economy a negative rating. No fewer than 70 percent of the respondents report having suffered job-related and financial problems in the past year, an increase from 59 percent the year before. Fifty-four percent report someone in their home has been without a job and looking for work in the past year, up from 39 percent in 2009.

GE Bersaing dengan Kualitas dan Teknologi

CEO GE ENERGY
Rabu, 21 April 2010 | 03:08 WIB

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John Krenicki, Vice Chairman General Electric

John Krenicki adalah Vice Chairman General Electric atau GE. Krenicki juga Presiden dan Chief Executive Officer atau CEO GE Energy. Kehadirannya di Jakarta pada pekan lalu berkenaan dengan Infrastructure Asia 2010 yang dihadiri sejumlah perusahaan internasional, termasuk GE.

Pada Infrastructure Asia 2010, Krenicki memberikan pandangannya menyangkut industri energi, di mana GE Energy menjadi salah satu pemasok utama dunia untuk pembangkit tenaga dan teknologi penghantar energi. GE telah menjadi pemain utama dalam industri energi dunia selama lebih dari 100 tahun.

Fallout from Goldman Sachs indictment spreads

By Barry Grey
20 April 2010

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/gold-a20.shtml

Britain and Germany announced their own investigations into the role of investment bank Goldman Sachs in losses incurred by UK and German banks, following Friday’s indictment of Goldman by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

In calling for the British Financial Services Authority to begin an inquiry, Prime Minister Gordon Brown angrily accused Goldman of “moral bankruptcy.”

The Goldman Sachs indictment

19 April 2010

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/pers-a19.shtml

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil case Friday against giant investment bank Goldman Sachs charging “fraudulent misconduct” in relation to $1 billion of worthless sub-prime mortgage securities Goldman palmed off to its clients in 2007.

The SEC’s submission to New York’s Southern District Court provides a devastating glimpse into the criminal activities of a financial oligarchy that was not only indifferent to the destructive social consequences of its operations, but eager to profit from a crisis precipitated by its own speculative activities.

Goldman Sachs made billions by pushing AIG to bankruptcy

By Barry Grey
10 February 2010

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/feb2010/gold-f10.shtml

An investigative report published Sunday by the New York Times provides a glimpse of the predatory practices of major Wall Street banks that played a central role in the financial meltdown and global economic crisis.

The article, headlined “Testy Conflict With Goldman Helped Push AIG to Precipice,” documents the role of Goldman Sachs, the biggest and most profitable US investment bank, in pushing the insurance giant American International Group (AIG) to the brink of bankruptcy.