The Blog of Cambridge University Press, North America
Archive for August 6th, 2008
Credit Card Complaints
I have a few. I have had credit card companies fail at the most basic services. And I’m one of the lucky ones.
From a very heavily-commented editorial in today’s New York Times:
When the Federal Reserve asked for comments on its proposed rules on abusive credit card practices, an astonishing 56,000 poured in. Most were from [...]
Free Trade = Good for Human Rights
Susan Aaronson, author of Trade Imbalance gave an opinion piece on NPR’s Marketplace yesterday afternoon.
Human rights groups may protest the Columbian free trade agreement, and point to Columbia’s shoddy record of human rights. Ok, yes, it’s shoddy. But should we wave a stick at it and hope it improves?
Aaronson points out that what many protesters [...]
© 2008 This Side of the Pond. 
