Analytical and Data Resources

Economic and Political Indicators

“China moves to stem mass layoffs”, BBC News Online Tuesday, November 18, 2008.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7735205.stm

“Japan ready with money for IMF bailout”, from the Star Online. Friday, October 31, 2008.
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/31/business/20081031143431&sec=business

“Brown calls for larger IMF bailout fund”, by Katrin Bennhold, Wednesday, October 29, 2008. International Herald Tribune.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/28/business/econ.php

“Global Economy in Crisis”, Center of Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/greenberg/

“Supersize the IMF”, by Sebastian Mallaby, Thursday, November 13, 2008. The Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111202545.html

“Working Together for a Green New Deal”, by Van Jones, October 29, 2008. The Nation Magazine (November 17, 2008 edition)
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081117/jones

“The Bailout: Bush’s Final Pillage”, by Naomi Klein. October 29, 2008. The Nation Magazine (November 17, 2008 edition)
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081117/klein

Social and Cultural Indicators

“Obama’s Latino Vote Mandate”, by Steve Cobble and Joe Velasquez, November 18, 2008. The Nation.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081201/cobble_velasquez

“The New Liberal Order”, by Peter Beinart, Thursday, November 13, 2008. Time Magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1858771,00.html

“A New, Blue Dixie”, by Bob Moser. November 13, 2008. The Nation (December 1, 2008 edition)
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081201/moser

Demand Development Resources

“Can Obama See the Grand Canyon? On Presidential Blindness and Economic Catastrophe”, by Mike Davis, October 15, 2008. TomDispatch.com.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174989/mike_davis_casino_capitalism_obama_and_us

“Obama Needs a Protest Movement”, by Frances Fox Piven, November 13, 2008. The Nation.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081201/piven