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Most of the international discussion about the legacy of the Bush Administration has focused on foreign policy impact and the loss of America’s ’standing’ in the world. There is, however, a much more concrete economic price to pay - the loss of foreign trade opportunities. Bush pursued his policies on a dual mandate; to spread the concept of US-style democracy to [...]

In the last few days the Republican party is making much of how increasing taxes will impact the creation of wealth. It plays well to a population nervous on the verge of a recession. However, the cause for this recession is not Freddie or Fannie, despite what many pundits say. Those are symptoms, not causes. [...]