links for 2008-05-13

• Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics - EurekAlert
• Floating 'Wage Insurance' at Globalization Town Halls - Real Time Economics
• The Liberals' carbon tax proposal - Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
• Poultry case 'key test' in cutting EU-US trade barriers (via email) - EurActiv.com
• It took 11 Hours for Someone to Point out the Obvious - Marginal Utility
• Seven Questions: Mohamed El-Erian on the New Global Economy - Foreign Policy

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[anne]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/business/13hispanics.html

May 13, 2008

As Economy Slumps, Many Hispanics Lose Tenuous Grip on Prosperity
By PETER S. GOODMAN

The economic downturn unfolding across the United States is imposing a particularly punishing toll on the nation's Hispanics.

[anne]

http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2008/05/accidental-email.html

May 13, 2008

Countering Iran
By As'ad AbuKhalil

More brilliant insights on the Middle East from one of the students of Bernard Lewis: "In the streets of Qom, Iran's most prestigious seat of clerical education, the representatives of the Sadr and Hakim families often throw shoes at each other. (Among clerics that is very bad.)" * (Among non-clerics, throwing shoes is seen as a friendly gesture).

* http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/095igqwe.asp

[anne]

As’ad AbuKhalil teaches political science at California State University at Stanislaus, is a visiting professor at UC Berkeley, and the creator of the Angry Arab News Service blog at

http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ .

Brilliant blog, please consider linking.