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UNDERSTANDING THE FLAWED FINANCIAL SYSTEM: Let's not be afraid of asking the crucial, simple questions
1. What are BANKS for? To link borrowers and savers. In theory, banks help to keep money flowing and offer some stability. (Don't laugh.) What...
CCPA Monitor, 07/01/09 by Baird, Vanessa · More from publication -
South Africa special
South Africa's recent elections were preceded by a flurry of new books about the country and its dramatic political life. We profile three - all...
New Internationalist, 06/01/09 by Vanessa Baird · More from publication -
Afghanistan on the edge; Vanessa Baird on why it's crucial that the West listens to Afghans
Living on the edge is nothing new to Afghanistan. The country and its people are familiar with extremes of most kinds - geographic, political,...
New Internationalist, 11/01/08 by Vanessa Baird · More from publication -
Endgame in the Amazon; A remote corner of Amazonian rainforest has become a repository of environmental expectations—and fears. Vanessa Baird explains why the eyes of the world need to be trained on it
Yasuni--is this the way beyond petroleum? Yasuni--is this the way beyond petroleum? There's an attractive simplicity to the Ecuadorian leader's...
New Internationalist, 07/01/08 by Vanessa Baird · More from publication -
Indigenous peoples
'Are you indigenous?' Jose Bailaba, a representative of Bolivia's Chiquitano people, asked me. 'Are you indigenous?' Jose Bailaba, a...
New Internationalist, 04/01/08 by Vanessa Baird · More from publication -
I will return: and I will be millions; The buzz of a cultural and social revolution is audible in La Paz. Vanessa Baird tunes in
There's something in the air. After two decades of wrangling, the world--with a few notable exceptions--has signed up to a UN Declaration on the...
New Internationalist, 04/01/08 by Vanessa Baird · More from publication -
Trafficked: behind the doors of ordinary-seeming flats, houses, hotels, a brutal form of modern slavery is taking place. And it's happening Vanessa Baird worldwide, wonders why—and what can be done about it
When I was 23, I responded to an ad that read: 'Go-Go Girl Wanted.' When I was 23, I responded to an ad that read: 'Go-Go Girl Wanted.' To be...
New Internationalist, 09/01/07 by Vanessa Baird · More from publication -
Sex trafficking
'Are you going to be looking at other types of slavery?' I was asked several times while researching this issue of the magazine. Understandably....
New Internationalist, 09/01/07 by Vanessa Baird · More from publication -
Loving Women: Being Lesbian and Unprivileged in India
Loving Women Loving Women Being Lesbian and Unprivileged in India by Maya Sharma (Yoda Press) 'You ask me if I have heard the word...
New Internationalist, 07/01/07 by Vanessa Baird · More from publication -
Can the rot be stopped? High rhetoric, low deeds. Vanessa Baird examines the murky world of corruption
They were not a happy pair. The two Nepalese teachers of journalism seemed to get glummer by the day. They were not a happy pair. The two...
New Internationalist, 12/01/06 by Vanessa Baird · More from publication
