Posts Tagged ‘THomas Friedman’

Thomas L. Friedman Vote for - NYT 110208:
We are all going to have to pay, because this meltdown comes in the context of what has been “perhaps the greatest wealth transfer since the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917,” says Michael Mandelbaum, author of “Democracy’s Good Name.” “It is not a wealth transfer [...]

Thomas L. Friedman: The Great Iceland Meltdown - NYT 101908
Observing that Iceland is but “a hedge fund with glaciers,” Thomas L. Friedman predicts an even flatter world future with more globalization, not less:
Globalization giveth — it was this democratization of finance that helped to power the global growth that lifted so many in India, China [...]

Thomas L. Friedman: Why How Matters - NYT 101508:
Our financial bubble, like all bubbles, has many complex strands feeding into it — called derivatives and credit-default swaps — but at heart, it is really very simple. We got away from the basics — from the fundamentals of prudent lending and borrowing, where the lender and [...]

THomas L. Friedman: Palin’s Kind of Patriotism - NYT 100808, on taxes.
Criticizing Sarah Palin is truly shooting fish in a barrel. But given the huge attention she is getting, you can’t just ignore what she has to say. And there was one thing she said in the debate with Joe Biden that really sticks in [...]