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 By DAMON DARLINLast year at this time, as college graduates walked out into the world, I wrote a column giving advice on how they could save money. In droves, parents sent the column to their children. And some of those children wrote to me to vent. What I suggested was impractical, many said.…

Struggling to save the planet May 31st 2007 From Economist.comA new American proposal on combating climate change Reuters  UNLIKE all other rich countries bar Australia, the United States never ratified the Kyoto protocol, and formally withdrew from it in 2001. The United Nations’…

May 29th 2007 | CARACAS From Economist.comThe president closes a critical TV station Reuters  IN THE ultra-modern, digital newsroom of Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), a message taped to a room-divider reads: “If you’re looking to buy consciences, ours are not for sale”.…

May 28th 2007 | DUBLIN From Economist.comAgainst the odds, Ireland's prime minister gets another term AFP  FOR three weeks opposition parties had pressed Irish voters to opt for change. And for a while they looked like succeeding, as the electorate briefly flirted with the idea of a new…