Posts by Chad Monfreda

The headline reads 'Cracking Open the World Bank.' Above, a graphic shows ethereal streams of 1s and 0s issuing from a vault, its heavy door slightly ajar. The story below tells of a revolution at the World Bank. This global institution, long attacked as arrogant and inept, seems to be getting with the times. The information age heralds its future as open, digital and democratic. A closer reading, however, cautions against such a hasty conclusion.
I write this during the cloudiest New England June in decades. Boston has seen more gray skies than any year since 1903, and average temperatures have dipped 13 degrees below what the Farmer’s Almanac predicted. Fortunately, there are encouraging signs.

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