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Iraq crisis: Isis declares establishment of a sovereign state - FT.com

Iraq crisis: Isis declares establishment of a sovereign state - FT.com:



Allies now:



The US, Russia and Iran have come to Iraq’s aid, hoping to stop the onslaught by Sunni extremists.

Kenya’s Future Clouds as Tensions Rise and Tourists Flee - NYTimes.com

Kenya’s Future Clouds as Tensions Rise and Tourists Flee - NYTimes.com:



Not just Kenya



 “There are really only two tribes in Kenya,” he said wistfully. “The poor and the rich.”

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Fight - Business Insider

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Fight - Business Insider:



Mission creep:



Ex-Im Bank," as it is typically called, was established under a 1934 executive order from Roosevelt, as part of his desire to expand trade with the newly established Soviet Union and with Cuba

U.S. Airstrikes Could Help in Reversing Insurgent Offensive, Experts Say - NYTimes.com

Experts always say this about airstrike. Experts are always wrong. Boots on the ground are a necessary followup. Why we should stay away.



U.S. Airstrikes Could Help in Reversing Insurgent Offensive, Experts Say - NYTimes.com

Myths About Indexing

https://advisors.vanguard.com/iwe/pdf/ISGDSM.pdf?cbdForceDomain=true

Why is Capital So Much Stronger than Labor? | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy

Why is Capital So Much Stronger than Labor? | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy:



 some of Piketty’s critics point out that there are actually a variety of ways to alter the distribution of market outcomes, aka the primary distribution of income (in contrast to the secondary distribution after taxes and transfers).� These ideas range from more union power to better balance that of capital, higher minimum wages, patent reform, restraints on the financial sector, charging polluters and financial bubble blowers for the negative externalities they generate, direct job creation to tighten the labor market and enforce a more equitable distribution of growth, and more.