January 26, 2009

Issue: - JAN. 26th 2009 | Maclean's

January 26, 2009

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CAN WE REALLY SPEND OUR WAY OUT OF THIS MESS?
SPECIAL REPORT

CAN WE REALLY SPEND OUR WAY OUT OF THIS MESS?

By ANDREW COYNE14 min
WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND?
WORLD

WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND?

By LUIZA CH. SAVAGE9 min
SPEEDING TOWARD THE ABYSS
SPECIAL REPORT

SPEEDING TOWARD THE ABYSS

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CAN WE REALLY SPEND OUR WAY OUT OF THIS MESS? 2021
SPECIAL REPORT

CAN WE REALLY SPEND OUR WAY OUT OF THIS MESS?

The remarkable re-embrace of deficit spending is every bit as mindless as the financial panic that preceded it By ANDREW COYNE14 min
WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND? 3031
WORLD

WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND?

Who can Canada count on in president Barack Obama’s new Washington? By LUIZA CH. SAVAGE9 min
SPEEDING TOWARD THE ABYSS 2425
SPECIAL REPORT

SPEEDING TOWARD THE ABYSS

The U.S. is on pace to take on $10 trillion in debt over the next decade. What happens when America's credit runs dry?
IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU 3839
SOCIETY

IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU

The debt crisis is just a symptom: how the new narcissism became a marketer’s dream, and turned our economy on its head. An exclusive excerpt, By LIANNE GEORGE, STEVE MAICH10 min
'Some celebrities use pregnancy and their kids to get ahead. As I say, “Sell your firstborn.” Even Angelina Jolie does that.' 1213
INTERVIEW

'Some celebrities use pregnancy and their kids to get ahead. As I say, “Sell your firstborn.” Even Angelina Jolie does that.'

PEREZ HILTON TALKS TO ANNE KINGSTON ABOUT JOHN TRAVOLTA'S TRAGEDY, HIS ISSUE WITH AVRIL LAVIGNE, AND THE NEW 15 SECONDS OF FAME
‘A family’s happiness does not depend on whether their loved one gets sober’ 45
MAILBAG

‘A family’s happiness does not depend on whether their loved one gets sober’

YOUR YEAR IN PHOTOS issue (Jan. 5) contained a reasonable balance of the positive and negative events of 2008. That is a significant improvement relative to the large amount of negative news that circulates around too often in various forms of media.
Literally leaping off the page 4445
THE BACK PAGES

Literally leaping off the page

Reality and fiction collide spectacularly in Cornelia Funke’s beloved ’Inkworld' trilogy, a magical ode to reading By Brian Bethune7 min
YOU CALL THIS A SHOWROOM? 3435
BUSINESS

YOU CALL THIS A SHOWROOM?

This year, Detroit’s annual auto party feels more like a wake By COLIN CAMPBELL7 min
CASHING IN ON MAIL 1415
NATIONAL

CASHING IN ON MAIL

Profits are up—yet rates are rising again. Does Canada Post need a radical rethink? By CATHY GULLI7 min
CAN OBAMA WIN THE MIDDLE EAST? 2829
WORLD

CAN OBAMA WIN THE MIDDLE EAST?

Expectations for the new president were high, but the reservoir of goodwill in the Arab world is being drained By JONATHON GATEHOUSE7 min
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