Professor Steve Keen and others warn that record heatwaves, floods, fires and intensifying storms halt commerce, damage crops, create uninsurable areas, and impair infrastructure. Pension funds rely too heavily on sanguine consultant forecasts and underestimate the financial impact of climate change on their portfolios
EU politics
telesur: President Macron’s Promises Did Not Halt Yellow Vests Protests
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EU politics
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Obviously the EU is making absolutely no progress in solving the refugee crisis on its border. Read here
Austerity
Thomas Fazi – The Eternal Return of “Technical Government” in Italy
If there is a country that epitomizes the perils of technopopulism, it is Italy Read here
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