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Joel Brinkley: India's neglected generation
American VoicesTalk about India always begins with recognition that it's one of Asia's rising powers, a state with a fast-growing economy and burgeoning political influence on the world stage. But a closer look shows a dark underbelly that portends a sad time ahead....Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Manmohan Singh, The New York Times, UNICEF
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Rachel Marsden: A European bailout unlike any other
American VoicesPARIS -- The European Union's $13 billion bailout plan for Cyprus has nothing to do with socialism but rather with much greater stakes. This is the EU attempting to outmaneuver an uncharacteristically flat-footed Vladimir Putin and Russia in a key...Tags: Anna Chapman, Vladimir Putin, Lobbying, International Organizations, Politics
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The end of upward mobility
As Americans we like to think we with live in the land of opportunity where hard work and diligence pay off with a rise up the social and economic ladder to a standard of living that's the envy of the world. It's a myth. It's not that we don't want that,...Tags: The New York Times, World War II (1939-1945), Graduation, Students, Australia
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Joel Brinkley: Falling birth rates portend a very different world
American VoicesHANOI -- As the new year dawns, the world is rapidly growing old, and I'm not talking about the earth beneath our feet. No, birth rates for nearly all of humankind are plummeting. In fact, fewer than 20 percent of the world's nations are now experiencing...Tags: Stanford University, Japan, The New York Times, Joel Brinkley, Immigration
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A legacy we dare not leave
WASHINGTON -- You might not have noticed that another round of U.N. climate talks is under way, this time in Doha, Qatar. You also might not have noticed that we're barreling toward a "world … of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and...
Tags: Global Warming, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Global Change, New York City, Natural Disasters
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The candidates trade nonsense
A national political campaign can be a good vehicle for educating the citizenry about vital issues — whether fiscal balance requires tax increases, say, or the pros and cons of health care reform. By Election Day, Americans who have been paying...
Tags: George W. Bush, Employment Opportunities, Cato Corporation, Industrial Production, Barack Obama
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Joel Brinkley: Middle Eastern governments continue to let down their people
American VoicesOver many decades, tens of thousands of ordinary citizens in Middle Eastern states had been brutalized, arrested, tortured and killed before Mohamed Bouazizi, a fruit salesman, set himself on fire in Tunisia, triggering the Arab Spring. A unique pair...Tags: Career and Workplace, Newspaper and Magazine, Libya, The New York Times, Joel Brinkley
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Mitt, more gaffes like this, please
Jonah GoldbergOne of the few things Americans on both sides of the partisan divide can agree on is that this election is shaping up to be vexingly petty. The hunt for gaffes -- some real, many imagined -- has taken over. Romney's recent overseas tour, we are told,...Tags: Social Issues, Israel, Politics, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Arts and Culture
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China accused of withholding crucial minerals from U.S., Europe
The United States, the European Union and Japan are filing a challenge with the World Trade Organization against China's export restrictions on minerals that are crucial for the production of many high-tech devices, President Barack Obama announced...Tags: Japan, Science and Technology, Metal and Mineral, Companies and Corporations, White House
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Greek unrest the result of suppressed democracy
William PfaffPARIS -- When the first international effort to impose an economic austerity regime upon Greece was completed, George Papandreou, the prime minister, surprised and infuriated the negotiators from the IMF, European Commission and European Central Bank by...Tags: Athens (Greece), Portugal, International Organizations, Politics, Central Bank
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Looking back on a good year for humankind
Tribune Media ServicesLooking back on 2011, we now can recognize that we lived through the most consequential year since the end of World War II. This was the year when the people of the world woke up and began taking hold of their fate. And by several important measures, the...Tags: Abusive Behavior, The New York Times, Japan, Religious Conflicts, Muammar Gaddafi
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One in six in poverty
Well, the poverty level statistics came out this week, and things haven’t been this bad since 1993. Look to your left; look to your right. About one in every six of us is now considered to be living below the poverty level. In 1993, the average...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Issues, Human Interest, Theft, Washington, DC
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