Great idea. Unfortunately the problem is always the same: moneyed interests buy corrupt politicians, be it in the USA, EU, or elsewhere, who block these measures. Great ideas do not always change policy. Politics do.
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Economics
Chris Dillow: In praise of Enough is Enough
One of the few silver linings to the cost of living crisis has been the re-emergence of trades union power and the start of the Enough is Enough campaign. These could potentially be the start […]
Corruption
Mining(dot)com: Glencore unit pleads guilty to bribery in Africa
While people constantly complain about corruption in developing nations, they forget that this would not happen were it not for corporations of developing nations using bribes to achieve illicit profits and illegally destroy the environment. […]
EU politics
Politico: EU grants emergency asylum measures for Belarus border — but insists no crisis yet
Measures that are “temporary and exceptional” tend to become permanent. A wall is being built, military is being used against refugees, imprisonment is being legalised. Read here
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