Does a confrontational new documentary try to resurrect Marx for the 21st century? And is that such a bad idea?
By Andrew O'Hehir Nov 13, 2009
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But did Bank president Robert Zoellick just say that the Bush administration's figures on food prices were not to be believed?
By Andrew Leonard
July 8, 2008
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Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is reportedly among the White House's top candidates to take over at the World Bank.
By Alex Koppelman
May 24, 2007
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A lead architect of the Iraq war, he believed shock and awe would transform the Middle East. But his policies failed -- along with his tenure at the World Bank.
By Sidney Blumenthal
May 24, 2007
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Under Bush, loyalty has reigned supreme. But as his presidency unravels, his obligation to his faithful servants -- from Gonzales to Wolfowitz -- has become perilously relative.
By Sidney Blumenthal
May 17, 2007
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The U.K. Guardian reports some astonishing numbers from a "confidential" World Bank study on energy crops and grain prices.
By Andrew Leonard
July 4, 2008
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What's a guy do after orchestrating a failed war and bringing the World Bank to a screeching halt?
By Andrew Leonard
May 22, 2008
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Cutting farm subsidies in the West will raise food prices even further. But that's not a problem -- it's the goal!
By Andrew Leonard
April 4, 2008
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Robert Zoellick debuts a new World Bank campaign slogan
By Andrew Leonard
April 3, 2008
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A visit to the World Bank's Google Maps mashup is an exercise in obscure development project serendipity
By Andrew Leonard
January 7, 2008
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Subprime strikes again: Citigroup has a new CEO, Vikram Pandit, and the World Bank considers making a loan in rupees, not dollars
By Andrew Leonard
December 11, 2007
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The World Bank waves its magic wand, and presto -- 200 million poverty-stricken Chinese appear out of nowhere
By Andrew Leonard
November 16, 2007
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The endless knot tells us everything is mutually interdependent. Including, but not limited to, free software, Bhutan and the World Bank.
By Andrew Leonard
November 12, 2007
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Robert Zoellick's choice of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a top deputy may win him some favor with long-suffering bank staff.
By Andrew Leonard
October 4, 2007
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Somehow, the collected videos don't include Ron Paul, Joseph Stiglitz, "The Office" or famine in Niger. No worries -- let your fingers do the walking
By Andrew Leonard
September 19, 2007
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Robert Zoellick wants the bank to be more like Wall Street. The new president may have picked the wrong month to launch his signature campaign.
By Andrew Leonard
August 30, 2007
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With its brand-new, freely downloadable BuzzMonitor "super-aggregator," the bruised bank hitches a ride on the Web 2.0 bandwagon.
By Andrew Leonard
June 18, 2007
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Is Robert Zoellick, Bush's nominee to replace Paul Wolfowitz, a kinder, gentler neocon?
By Andrew Leonard
May 29, 2007
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The former president needs a bigger challenge than delivering yet another commencement speech. Isn't the World Bank a little understaffed these days?
By Andrew Leonard
May 25, 2007
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The World Bank's long, international nightmare is over. No wonder its staff is grateful to the departing president.
By Andrew Leonard
May 17, 2007
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The Financial Times reports: Long before Wolfowitz headed over to the World Bank, he was wangling assignments for his girlfriend intimately connected to postwar Iraq policy.
By Andrew Leonard
May 17, 2007
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ABC says the Iraq war architect could be out at the World Bank by the end of the day.
By Tim Grieve
May 16, 2007
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In a last ditch attempt to save the World Bank president, the Bush administration is speed-dialing the economics powers that be -- a hidebound old club called the G7
By Andrew Leonard
May 14, 2007
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The cronyism that may cost him his World Bank job is also what caused the Iraq debacle.
By Juan Cole
May 14, 2007
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Europeans have a deal for Bush.
By Tim Grieve
May 8, 2007
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