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The Land Grabbers — the review

…Owns the Earth, which I enjoyed very much for its detailed description of the pros and cons resulting from foreigners investing in land in developing countries. In the book, Pearce…

Inadequate monitoring

…issue. Also notice the fuss is over a foreign bank. The U.S. affiliate of global banking giant HSBC was for years a haven for foreign money laundering, drug-trafficking money and…

Oil and the real trade balance

…one third of imports as refiners are taking advantage of the lower price of West Texas Intermediate to take foreign markets away from foreign refiners that use the more expensive…