Blair plots PR coup in Palestine

At the same time, Blair won’t just take orders from the US. That would be the kiss of death, following Blair’s controversial mimicking of the US policy in Iraq. Instead, at least on paper, Blair will work for the so-called Quartet, which also includes the EU, the United Nations, and Russia. Also, his formal role is limited to helping the Palestinians sort out their economic and political affairs, not trying to negotiate a peace settlement – a task reserved for US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. But Blair’s high political profile means that what he does can’t be divorced from the broader politics or quietly played down if things don’t go well.

At the least, Blair must press for a radical increase in funds provided by the outside world to the Palestinian government as well as to the 1.4 million Palestinians trapped in Hamas-run Gaza. So far America has pledged $40 million in humanitarian funds for Gaza (just $30 a person), and about $86 million in security training money for the West Bank. These sums will be added to Palestinian tax receipts that Israel collected but refused to hand over to a government that included Hamas; Israel is now releasing about half of the approximately $700 million. But total funds pledged by all sources are only a small fraction of what is urgently needed.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

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Sweet nothings!

How many times have you been rebuked for a sweet tooth? After all, an uncontrollable craving for sweetness can prove quite unhealthy. Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman & CEO, Kraft Foods faces a similar craving to sweeeten the business portfolio of her company. And her all cash offer of $7.2 billion for the biscuit business of France’s Groupe Danone, which was announced on July 3, could have similar unhealthy consequences. Primarily, Kraft ’s businesses involve beverages, snacks & dairy products. With brands such as Tang, Maxwell, Jacobs in beverages & Philadelphia Cheese in dairy; the company has a well diversified business model.

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Mass immigration ain’t Uncle Sam’s cup of tea!

Will the immigration reform bring relief to millions of illegal aliens in the United States? piece of advice for progressives trying to figure out where they stand on immigration reform: It’s the political economy, stupid. Analysing the direct economic gains & losses from proposed reform isn’t enough. You also have to think about how the reform would affect the future political environment. To see what I mean – and why the proposed immigration bill, despite good intentions, could well make things worse – let’s take a look back at America’s last era of mass immigration. My own grandparents came to this country during that era, which ended with the imposition of severe immigration restrictions in the 20s. Needless to say, I’m very glad they made it in before the Congress slammed the door. And today’s would-be immigrants are just as deserving as Emma Lazarus’ “huddled masses, yearning to breathe free.” Moreover, as supporters of immigrant rights rightly remind us, that immigrants are insufficiently skilled, that they’re too culturally alien, and, implied though rarely stated explicitly, that they’re not White enough.

There’s a highly technical controversy going on among economists about the effects of recent immigration on wages. However that dispute turns out, it’s clear that the earlier wave of immigration increased inequality and depressed the wages of the less skilled. For example, a recent study by Jeffrey Williamson, a Harvard economic historian, suggests that in 1913, the real wages of unskilled US workers were around 10% lower than they would have been without mass immigration. But the straight economics was the least of it. Much more important was the way immigration diluted democracy.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007
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