We face a double crisis as the twenty-first century unfolds. On the one hand, it is an ecological crisis: climate change and several other Earth System pressures are exceeding planetary boundaries to a dangerous extent. On the other hand, it is also a social crisis: several billion people are deprived of access to basic goods and services. More than 40 percent of the human population cannot afford nutritious food; 50 percent do not have safely managed sanitation facilities; 70 percent do not have necessary health care.
Economics
Liverpool Echo: University of Liverpool strikes called off as union declares victory over jobs saved
It was an amazing and long struggle, but the university administration was forced to withdraw all 47 redundancies. Congratulations all! Read here A long-running campaign of strikes has been taking place at the university (Image: […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: We are approaching a period of fiscal dominance
The dissonance in mainstream economics and the political debate about policy settings is getting deeper and more public. Read here
Geopolitics
Jeremy Scahill – Hamas Says Witkoff Personally Promised to Lift Gaza Blockade in Exchange for Edan Alexander
The U.S. immediately broke the deal, senior Hamas official Basem Naim tells Drop Site. “They threw it in the trash” and there has been “zero” progress on a Gaza ceasefire. Read Article HERE
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