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The Center for Global Development held the "Governance Matters: Debunking the Afro-pessimism Myth" event on 11/28/2007 at Jury's hotel in Washington DC.
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Excerpts from Arthur Schopenhauer's "Studies in Pessimism"
Read by D.E. Wittkower
Soundtrack: Richard Wagner - Rheingold
The full audio book is in the public domain, and is available here: http://librivox.org/ studies-in-pessimism -by-arthur-schopenha uer/
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Saturday's one-day summit of G20 leaders in Washington could be the first step in reforming the world's economy and banking system. However, many analysts are sceptical about the outcome, saying the meeting is unlikely to bring any practical results. One reason for the pessimism is the lame-duck status of the U.S. president.