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Geopolitics

Thomas Palley – Ukraine’s Hiroshima moment is drawing closer

August 22, 2024 Ben 0

What if Russia nuked Ukraine using the same logic as when the United States nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Thomas Palley is an American economist who has served as the chief economist for the United States-China […]

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Climate Crisis

Jordyn Dahl – 5 things to know about Europe’s electric vehicle transition

August 22, 2024 Ben 0

As European car manufacturers fall well behind their Chinese competitors, the EU is getting twitchy about its own targets to eliminate the internal combustion engine. In ‘Politico’. Read the article HERE.

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Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns

August 22, 2024 Ben 0

The United States is on the verge of fighting a war with Iran and/or Russia, conflicts that could easily spiral into WWIII, but you wouldn’t know it from the Democratic Party’s National Convention. Medea Benjamin […]

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Christian Christensen – Elon Musk Doesn’t Know He’s on the Wrong Side of George Orwell

August 22, 2024 Ben 0

Musk’s purchase of Twitter has achieved its ambition: he’s converted his economic power into political power. Christian Christensen is Professor of Journalism at Stockholm University. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrChristensen. Cross-posted from Common Dreams Elon […]

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Branko Milanović: Why inequality matters

August 19, 2024 Ben 0

A succinct explanation of why everyone should care about inequalty. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest  book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World”. […]

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Marco Carnelos – European leaders are stoking the flames of a Middle East inferno

August 19, 2024 Ben 0

Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Keir Starmer signed a letter on the Middle East as ridiculous as it was idiotic, that will do less than nothing for peace. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. […]

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BBC – Foreign office official resigns over Israel arms sales

August 19, 2024 Ben 0

This resignation has happened under the new Labour Government in the UK, which suggests the civil servant in question wasn’t getting anywhere with getting Labour to take international law seriously in respect to the Gaza […]

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Zep Kalb – Who benefits from sanctions?

August 19, 2024 Ben 0

On “How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare” by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.

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Neo-Liberalism in the EU

John Rees – UK riots: The fascist threat is resurgent. Here’s how to stop it.

August 19, 2024 Ben 0

A fascist movement is not fully-formed in Britain yet, but the constituent parts exist and are in proximity with one another. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a […]

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Geopolitics

Al Jazeera – Germany seeks arrest of Ukrainian diver for Nord Stream sabotage

August 14, 2024 Ben 0

It seems convenient that Poland were unable to detain the Ukrainian diver who has already fled into Ukraine, probably never to be found, but the truth will out sooner or later. Read the article HERE.

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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