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2015 election brings good news for democracy reform in 2016 and beyond

2015 election brings good news for democracy reform in 2016 and beyond
The banner headline in the Huffington Post after last week's elections wasn't what TV pundits or presidential candidates were talking about, but as a Delawarean it made me jump for joy: “Voters Chip Away at Citizens United.” Voters everywhere are fed ...
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Houghton has not just broken taboos over Trident, he has undermined democracy
Houghton has not just broken taboos over Trident, he has undermined democracy. Richard Norton-Taylor. The military should not take sides in political decisions. In making public his fears about Corbyn's views on Trident, the head of the UK armed forces ...
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Botswana: Can Botswana's Democracy Carry Spirit of the Kalahari?
Botswana has long been hailed as a 'miracle' of democracy in sub-Saharan Africa. In the last ten years however, this gilded reputation earned during 1970's and 1980's which reflected high economic growth levels and political stability, has lost much of ...
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Myanmar election: National League for Democracy claims more seats – video
Min Ko Naing announces the National League for Democracy (NLD) has won further seats in the upper house of Myanmar's parliament. Speaking to a large crowd celebrating outside the NLD's headquarters in Yangon, Naing says the party has secured 11 of ...
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Good thing coming from democracy

Good thing coming from democracy
Ever since the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost power and the coming to the centre politics and governance of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigerians have blamed all the woes of the country on the PDP. It is common to hear ...
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Christian Democracy arrives in Britain
It may not be apparent now – and there is little British interest anyway – but Christian Democracy, in nineteenth century origin and post-war practice, really was shaped by Christian, or specifically Catholic, social teaching, from Rerum Novarum on ...
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President Sisi laments Western criticism over democracy in Egypt
Right from the get-go, Egypt's President makes it clear he wants to set the record straight. Even as we film our introduction, he hears me say to camera that while he says he has a "roadmap for democracy," not everyone is convinced. He quickly jumps in.
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Capitalism for cronies or public good?

Capitalism for cronies or public good?
Now, crony capitalism is a bad thing, and I've railed against it in the context of Japan. When well-connected companies are able to use the government as a tool to protect themselves from competition, it's good for those companies but bad for the ...
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Crony Capitalism And The Growth Of Federal Regulation
In it, OMB pegs the cumulative costs of 116 selected major regulations during the decade at between $ 68.5 billion and $ 101.8 billion. This annual roundup is one product of the executive branch regulatory review process, by which our federal regulators ...
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Garrett: Crony Capitalism is Alive and Well at FHFA
“On the same day that the Ex-Im Bank expires, the crony capitalist empire strikes back at the FHFA. Fannie and Freddie have been bailed out by American taxpayers to the tune of $ 188 billion, yet Director Watt is handsomely rewarding the executives of ...
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Melcher: The Export-Import Bank: It's not just for big corporations - Richmond.com
And David Zuckerman, vice president of ServerLIFT Corp. observed in the Phoenix Business Journal, “Ex-Im is not 'crony capitalism.' We did not curry favor with the administration to get our account with Ex-Im; we simply applied. We did so in order to ...
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