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.
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Branko Milanovic, Li Yang – How Corruption Fuels Inequality in China
Graft on a Staggering Scale Warps the Country’s Economy Read HERE
EU politics
Unearthed: Privatising the seas: how the UK turned fishing rights into a commodity
The decline of British fishing drove coastal support for leaving the EU, but many of the industry’s problems have an origin closer to home. Read here
Corruption
Politico: How Europe became the Wild West of spyware
“The U.S. is working to blacklist these companies but here in Europe, they are getting the royal treatment.” Read the article HERE.
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