''..And this is why I disagree with President Obama when he signals that he has to focus on extending health care and put the energy/climate bill — now in the Senate — on the backburner. Health care and the energy/climate bill go together. We need both now. Imagine how poor we would be today if U.S. firms did not dominate the top 10 Internet companies. Well, if we don’t dominate the top 10 E.T. rankings, there is no way we are going to be able to afford decent health care for every American. No way.''
Thomas Friedmann, N.Y.Times.
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''..This week's report from the Mental Health Foundation, In the Face of Fear, tells us that we're a nation riven by anxieties and fears as never before. Apparently seven million of us have serious anxiety problems - 77 per cent of us say that the world has become a more frightening place in the past ten years; and 77per cent believe people in general are more frightened and anxious than they used to be..''
Joan Bakewell , ''The Times''
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Και η Αλάσκα χάνει την δυναμική φίλη των εταιρειών πετρελαίου
Αλλά και οι Τράπεζες έχουν τον Τhomas Baker τους.
d me of this turbulent central banker? Gordon Brown, the UK’s prime minister, may be asking just that when he learns of yet another critical comment from the governor of the Bank of England. For Henry II, king of England in the 12th century, the troublemaker was Thomas Becket, his own choice as archbishop of Canterbury. For Mr Brown, it is Mervyn King, whom he has reappointed to an equally impregnable position. The parallel is clear: central bankers are cardinals in the cult of monetary stability..''
Μartin Wolf, ''Financial Times''
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