Public marks from user ravi with tag neolib Public marks from user ravi with tag neolib http://blogmarks.net/user/ravi/marks/tag/neolib Competitive Era Fails to Shrink Electric Bills - NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/business/15utility.html?ex=1318564800&en=99e0faead8d0ea02&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss A decade after competition was introduced in their industries, long-distance phone rates had fallen by half, air fares by more than a fourth and trucking rates by a fourth. But a decade after the federal government opened the business of generating electricity to competition, the market has produced no such decline. 2006-10-15T02:47:47Z ravi corruption, neolib, politics, right-nuttery

Competitive Era Fails to Shrink Electric Bills - NYT

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A decade after competition was introduced in their industries, long-distance phone rates had fallen by half, air fares by more than a fourth and trucking rates by a fourth. But a decade after the federal government opened the business of generating electricity to competition, the market has produced no such decline.

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]]> On India’s Farms, a Plague of Suicide - NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/world/asia/19india.html?ex=1316318400&en=5914a096800f807c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Across the country in desperate pockets like this one, 17,107 farmers committed suicide in 2003, the most recent year for which government figures are available. Anecdotal reports suggest that the high rates are continuing. 2006-09-19T15:22:40Z ravi neolib, india

On India’s Farms, a Plague of Suicide - NYT

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Across the country in desperate pockets like this one, 17,107 farmers committed suicide in 2003, the most recent year for which government figures are available. Anecdotal reports suggest that the high rates are continuing.

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