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Archives: Development
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Wind Power Juggernaut Really doing for 100K Workers what Trump only Promised
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Big news on the wind power front. First, it has emerged in the US as the number one renewable energy source, generating more…![Can Saudi Arabia Survive its Economic ‘Shock Therapy’?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170629175249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/can-saudi-arabia-survive-its-eco-187x137.jpg)
Can Saudi Arabia Survive its Economic ‘Shock Therapy’?
By Nasser Saidi | (Project Syndicate) | - - BEIRUT – Saudi Arabia has long relied on oil to fuel its economic growth and development. Last year, oil accounted for about three-quarters…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170629175249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/chaoscaliphate-187x137.jpg)
Is the Mideast disintegrating or just being Auctioned Off?
By Patrick Cockburn | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and Africa. Across the vast…![Surprise! Despite Syria-Iraq Turmoil, Major Mideast Economies growing 3-4%](http://web.archive.org./web/20170629175249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/surprise-despite-syria-iraq-turm-187x137.jpg)
Surprise! Despite Syria-Iraq Turmoil, Major Mideast Economies growing 3-4%
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - When you only hear bad news from a place, you form a negative opinion of it. But when I went looking for news…![Climate Change to throw 100 mn. People into Poverty](http://web.archive.org./web/20170629175249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/climate-change-to-throw-100-mn-p-187x137.jpg)
Climate Change to throw 100 mn. People into Poverty
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The UN’s heavily-hyped Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were approved by more than 160 world leaders at a…![Thanks to Sanders, Democratic Party Just Debated Capitalism](http://web.archive.org./web/20170629175249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/thanks-to-sanders-democratic-par-187x137.jpg)
Thanks to Sanders, Democratic Party Just Debated Capitalism
By Sarah Lazare, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - Presidential hopefuls broke usual parameters of discourse when they debated capitalism versus socialism Tuesday night. Breaking the usual parameters of election…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170629175249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/BarnettShaleDrilling-9323-638x960-187x137.jpg)
To Contain Carbon Bomb, US Must End Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - 'Each new lease puts us farther down the path toward climate catastrophe,' says Friends of the Earth If the U.S. government wants…![As Oil Prices Crater, Algeria needs an Actual Economy or big Trouble Looms](http://web.archive.org./web/20170629175249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/as-oil-prices-crater-algeria-nee-187x137.jpg)