We can call it strategic impotence – using a claim to be unable to do something as means of pursuing one’s advantage or cementing privilege.
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The poorest nations are increasingly beholden to the hedge funds
At the end of 2021, low- and middle-income economies owed 61% of their public and publicly guaranteed debt to private creditors — an increase of 15 percentage points from 2010 Read Here Photo: Jim.henderson via […]
Deregulation
Jacobin: Saving France’s Railways
An interview with Bruno Poncet Yesterday, French rail workers kicked off months of rolling strikes against Macron’s attacks on their working conditions. Read here
Corruption
Science : Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’
Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe A 2000 study that concluded the well-known herbicide glyphosate was safe, widely cited since then, has just been officially disavowed […]
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