GDP is not fit for purpose. This is something many know, but upon which hardly anyone is acting.
Economics
DeStatis – Germany: Building permits for dwellings issued in February 2023 -20.6% on the same month a year earlier
The ECB’s interest rate hikes are having clear negative effects on the housing market in Germany. Building permits for new construction issued in January and February 2023: -28.4% for single-family houses, -52.4% for two-family houses, […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Ireland’s Government Using Fake Data to Pretend Dairy Emissions Aren’t Rising Fast
Ireland’s Agriculture Minister, Michael Creed and his officials are mounting a co-ordinated campaign to mislead the Irish parliament (Dáil) about the true state of spiralling dairy emissions, DeSmog.uk has learned. Read here
Corruption
Kyiv Independent: Officials accused of using war as pretext for hiding ill-gotten wealth
As Ukrainian soldiers are defending their homeland on the front line, officials in the rear are accused of using the war as a pretext for hiding their wealth. They are able to do so because […]
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