Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Joseph Stiglitz
If you or I were to describe the staff at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as “third-rate economists from first-rate universities”, we could expect to be ignored or, at best, dismissed as a nut from the anti-globalisation movement. Sadly for the IMF, the man who actually said these words is... Sign in to see full entry.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Scott Ritter
Scott Ritter has an impeccable twelve-year record as a U.S. marine. Partly as a result of this, he was selected to lead the first U.N. weapons inspection team into Iraq in 1991 after the Gulf War, and he remained in that position until 1998, when he resigned, claiming Clinton was being too soft on... Sign in to see full entry.
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There are a number of individuals around the world who were once darlings of the Establishment, in some capacity. Now, they are no longer towing the line. They are speaking out against the very system they once worked for. And they are demonised for their trouble. But it could be that they are actually in the best position to speak out. It could be that they should be listened to, and their message not supressed. It could be that they represent the voice of reason and reality is a world increasingly dominated by spin, froth and outright media lies. I will profile a few of them in this blog. If you'd like to suggest others, I'll be happy to include them.
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