The world economy

Bad, or worse

Oct 9th 2008 | WASHINGTON, DC
From The Economist print edition

A global recession is almost certainly on the way

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DEPRIVE a person of oxygen and he will turn blue, collapse and eventually die. Depri

J.B. Jeyaretnam

Oct 9th 2008
From The Economist print edition

Joshua “Ben” Jeyaretnam, an opposition politician in Singapore, died on September 30th, aged 82

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EVEN in appearance, he seemed rather out of place in Singapore’s gleaming, ultra-modern urban land

Nobel for AIDS virus discovery, finally

Medicine prize goes to virus researchers; physics prize given for symmetry-breaking work.

Alison Abbott & Geoff

Nobel Prize in Physics for symmetry breakdown

Japanese-born theorists rewarded for work on fundamental symmetries in particle physics.

Geoff Brumfiel

Green.view

A is for earth

Oct 6th 2008
From Economist.com

The world will soon know more about carbon dioxide

SINCE the start of the industrial age, the concentration of carbon dioxide in earth’s atmosphere has increased by about 25%—from about 280 parts per million to over 370 parts per million. As concerns over climate change increase, scientists are being asked difficult questions about the extent to w