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How to lose the message
News, Published on 18/02/2014
» While the deep South burns, the government fiddles. While this has arguably been true for several decades, events of the past couple of weeks have been as horrifically distressing as they have been instructive. A new and indefensible round of butchery has left many dead, and puts the lives of all ordinary people at risk. It also shows the danger of taking government eyes off the country’s most obvious and dangerous security threat.
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Secular stagnation setting in
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 18/02/2014
» Soon after the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, I warned that unless the right policies were adopted, Japanese-style malaise — slow growth and near-stagnant incomes for years to come — could set in. While leaders on both sides of the Atlantic claimed that they had learned the lessons of Japan, they promptly proceeded to repeat some of the same mistakes. Now, even a key former United States official, the economist Larry Summers, is warning of secular stagnation.
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Postbag: Will farmers change?
News, Published on 18/02/2014
» In many places in Europe, farms are subsidised because of the poor climate — some countries hardly have one growing season. To be as self-sufficient as possible in case of catastrophe, subsidies are given to keep a basic number of farms running, which otherwise would not have survived in our global economy.
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Deals to end conflict hard to swallow
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/02/2014
» Now what? After political sideshows including a visit by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a Myanmar astrologer, reportedly to ward off his bad karma, and operations to reclaim rally sites that were done with more fanfare than real effort, the question remains — what comes next in the Thai political conflict?
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Showdown? It's just window-dressing
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2014
» The stage was supposedly set for a major showdown on Tuesday. What was not clear was whether it would be a make-or-break confrontation, or just another show of force by the two opposing forces, the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) and the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).
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To protect and serve?
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/02/2014
» Do you have a negative or positive image of the Royal Thai Police? The answer is surely based on your experiences.
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