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Middle East
12 March 2009

The funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini was not a tragedy,
writes James Buchan, but a gruesome farce: id

Global Issues
18 December 2008

Viewed from a distance, the events of 2008 will be seen as a particularly dramatic example of the ag

Global Issues
13 November 2008

Every attempt to make banks more responsible has made them more reckless. Unless the sector is radic

International Politics
06 November 2008

The first Bretton Woods meeting was intended to establish a postwar money regime and secure funds fo

Global Issues
25 September 2008

The world's financial institutions are gripped by fear, yet policymakers can do nothing. They are ig

Books
11 September 2008

Saudi Arabia may seem rigid, autocratic and antiquated, but it is slowly changing. Under King Abdull

Ideas
13 December 2007

Is the accumulation of wealth for its own sake disgusting, as Keynes believed - or is it simply huma

Environment
17 July 2006

James Buchan has been writing about oil since the 1970s. Here, at a moment when steepling prices, po

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