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Portland, Oregon
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Floyd Mann is a Portland-based Web Developer. Married into a family that was divided by the Iron Curtain, Floyd has witnessed firsthand how well-regulated markets provide the best opportunities for societies and individuals to thrive. He is a voracious reader of history, journalism and journalistic fiction and runs a popular bread-baking website, The Fresh Loaf.

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Andrew Sullivan
The Atlantic
Christian Science Monitor
Christopher Hitchens
David Brooks
The Economist - Correspondent's Diary
Melvyn Bragg - In Our Time
Peggy Noonan
The New Republic
Wall Street Journal MarketBeat Blog

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Recent Posts

May 29, 2008 - Protectionism hurts working class Americans
May 9, 2008 - Street violence and frozen chicken
May 1, 2008 - The Global Food Crisis as a Monetary Phenomenon
Apr 9, 2008 - John Hope Bryant on the Silver Rights Movement
Mar 17, 2008 - The Limits of Microfinance
Jan 24, 2008 - Bill Gates Calls for "Creative Capitalism" to Aid the Poor
Jan 22, 2008 - World Economic Forum
Jan 18, 2008 - Toy Story
Jan 16, 2008 - Dark Clouds on the Horizon
Jan 16, 2008 - Tesco in Thailand


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Rising energy costs eroding Asia's competitive edge

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 07/04/2008 - 04:10
Much of Asia's export-based economic miracle has been predicated on cheap transportation and energy, but with oil at $140 a barrel the sums increasingly don't add up.

Weather plays larger role in global fuel prices

Yale Global Online - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 21:00
As the world grows more reliant on crops like corn and palm oil for its fuel supply, it is becoming vulnerable to the many hazards that can damage agriculture, ranging from droughts to plagues to storms.

Agriculture needs green growth

All Africa - Thu, 07/03/2008 - 03:54
Caution needs to be exercised in developing African food production to avoid long-term social and environmental harm.

Bush asks for help, abroad and at home, in sending aid to Africa

New York Times - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 22:15
President Bush called for Congress to renew his global AIDS initiative and urged other nations to live up to their promises to fight poverty and disease on the continent.

Egypt fights to stem rapid population growth

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 07/04/2008 - 10:28
Since President Hosni Mubarak took office in 1981, the population has nearly doubled to 82 million people.
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