Egregious rates of exploitation, inequality and poverty are not in the interests of at least parts of capital. They want some redistribution and a solution to the cost of living crisis not because of a fit of morality but because they are a self-preservation society.
National Politics
Simon Wren-Lewis: If we treat plutocracy as democracy, democracy dies
This is probably one of the finest blogs that Simon Wren-Lewis has ever written. It is a brilliant political and media analysis. Read here
Climate Crisis
UNDP: Fossil fuel subsidies reform could limit climate change while tackling global inequalities. Here’s how
The world is spending billions of dollars on fossil fuels subsidies while hundreds of millions of people live in poverty. Priorities must shift if we want humanity to survive. Read here
Environment
rfi: France moves to ease pesticide ban to save sugar beet farmers
This is typical for the EU. First a law forbidding neonicotinoids, then providing openings to by-pass the law and use this insecticide. Ten other EU member states have also used the exemption.Thus the EU can […]
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