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The future shape of Capitalism : In the News
G20 urged to reject protectionism
- Source: BBC News
14th November 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged leaders of the G20 developed and emerging economies to resist calls for protectionism.
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Gordon Brown to warn Barack Obama on dangers of protectionism
- Source: The Times
- 10th November 2008
Mr Brown will urge the rejection of "beggar-thy-neighbour protectionism that has been a feature in transforming past crises into deep recessions".
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Rethinking Capitalism’s Contours
- Source: The Wall Street Journal
- 20th October 2008
A planned international summit on the financial crisis is turning into a debate over the future shape of capitalism, with European leaders favoring greater international oversight of markets, and U.S. officials preferring the current model of national regulation.
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Is Capitalism dead?
- Source: Washington Post
- 20th October 2008
As financial panic spread across the globe and governments scrambled to contain the damage, reality seemed to announce the doom of U.S.-style free markets and President Bush's ideology.
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Making Capitalism more creative by Bill Gates
- Source: Time.com
Capitalism has improved the lives of billions of people — something that's easy to forget at a time of great economic uncertainty. But it has left out billions more.
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