Davos: “They are loath to pay a living wage, but they will fund a philharmonic orchestra. They will ban unions, but they will organize a workshop on transparency in government.”
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Branko Milanovic: Dutiful dirges of Davos
Economics
Ian Proud: We can’t ‘ban’ talk of Russian resilience to sanctions
Instead let’s acknowledge that economic warfare did not work and find ways to end the war peacefully Read HERE
Geopolitics
Politico: We Volunteered at a Gaza Hospital. What We Saw Was Unspeakable
American surgeons who witnessed the civilian carnage of the Israel-Hamas war Read HERE
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – Britain’s austerity costs are larger than any predicted Brexit losses
“New data now allows us to compute the losses arising from the deliberate strategy of fiscal austerity that the Government has pursued. Guess what? They appear to dwarf all the Project Fear estimates of losses […]
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