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Joseph Stiglitz and the Limits of Liberal Freedom

Failing Global Systems Brian Callaci -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com Review of The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph E. Stiglitz (W....

Wealthy countries push back as UN moves ahead with global tax fairness

Failing Global Systems Golden Matonga -
Click here to view original web page at www.icij.org A minority of countries that opposed a legally binding U.N. tax convention ...

New Sierra Club Report: Trading Away Our Climate Exposes How Trade Pacts Undermine Climate Action

Failing Global Systems Ada Recinos -
Click here to view original web page at www.commondreams.org Report Urges Elimination of ISDS Provisions, Calls for ...

From Climate Crisis to Polycrisis

Failing Global Systems Richard Heinberg -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Climate change, resource depletion, extreme weapons, AI, and more: ...

Putting the eco back in economy

Failing Global Systems Chris Hatch -
Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com The language lovers among you will know that economy and ecology are twins, born and raised...

Draining the World of Fresh Water

Failing Global Systems Andrew Nikiforuk -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org “When you drink the water, remember the spring.”— Ancient Chinese proverb The thirst of humans and our...

The Problem With Finance Is the Problem of Post-Industrial Capitalism

Failing Global Systems Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com It is today all but taken for granted by political figures from Hillary Clinton to Bernie...

Waters of Conflict

Failing Global Systems Joshua Frank -
Click here to view original web page at fpif.org Is there a place for hydro power in a warming world? Originally published in TomDispatch. We live in...

Why Private Investment Isn’t Driving a Rapid Green Transition

Failing Global Systems Brett Christophers -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com An interview with Brett Christophers. Interview by Cal Turner and Sara Van Horn Declining renewable...

World Bank Enables Private Capture of Profits, Public Resources

Failing Global Systems Jomo Kwame Sundaram -
Click here to view original web page at www.ipsnews.net The World Bank insists commercial finance is necessary for achieving economic recovery and the Sustainable Development...

Crack-Up Capitalism: A Review

Failing Global Systems Alex Himelfarb -
Click here to view original web page at afhimelfarb.wordpress.com In this engrossing historical account, Quinn Slobodian lays out how a few very rich ...

Rethinking globalisation in an age of crises

Failing Global Systems Piergiuseppe Fortunato -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu We need to find a path to peaceful coexistence and co-operation, ...

The Human Cost of a Green Energy Transition Without Safeguards

Failing Global Systems Olivier Ndoole Bahemuke -
Click here to view original web page at www.ipsnews.net GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 2 2023 (IPS) - The world is moving away from...

A Real Opening for Change

Failing Global Systems Gary Gerstle -
Click here to view original web page at www.dissentmagazine.org Neoliberal ideas and institutions are still with us, but ...

Canadian diplomacy needs to find its way back from the wilderness

Failing Global Systems Louise Blais -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org Among Canadian foreign-policy watchers, it has become a cliché to say that Canada has lost influence...

Refugee Law Must Adapt to a World Where the Effects of Climate Change Rival Those of War

Failing Global Systems Aidan Simardone -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com Recent footage of hundreds dead and thousands fleeing destruction depicts scenes that could have come from...

European Authorities Refuse to Save Migrants From Drowning — So Ordinary Citizens Are Doing It Instead

Failing Global Systems Robin Jaspert -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com Since 2015, the European Union and its member states have increasingly failed to conduct sea-rescue operations...

The Bankers Dilemma: The Decision to Raise or not Raise Interest Rates

Failing Global Systems Brigitte Kitchen -
The paramount responsibility of the Bank of Canada’s (Boc) is to promote the economic and financial well-being of Canadians. Ensuring inflation at a target...

Increasing monopoly power poses a threat to Canada’s post-pandemic economic recovery

Failing Global Systems Garros Gong -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Canada is currently grappling with a significant economic issue: market concentration. A select few corporations dominate...

Why the Paris financing summit failed

Failing Global Systems Jayati Ghosh, Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Johannah Bernstein -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu The June summit promised to catalyse a revolution in climate finance ...

Rich Countries Are Exporting Climate Breakdown to the Global South

Failing Global Systems Laurie Parsons -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com From waste to deforestation to drastic flooding, wealthy countries of the Global North are outsourcing the...

The Grand Narrative of Private Finance: Over-Reliance on Attracting Investment is Undermining Change at World Bank

Failing Global Systems Bhumika Muchhala and María José Romero -
Click here to view original web page at www.ipsnews.net NEW YORK / BRUSSELS, Jul 6 2023 (IPS) - One message that was repeated throughout last...

The Mercury is Off the Charts

Failing Global Systems Bill McKibben -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org And the Fossil Fuel Industry is Off its Meds We’ve reached the scariest moment yet in the...

Polycrisis, Unraveling, or the Great Simplification: Coming Soon to a Planet Near You?

Failing Global Systems Richard Heinberg -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the resulting disruption of...

G7 in Hiroshima Fails to Pay Its Debts to the Global South

Failing Global Systems Max Lawson -
Click here to view original web page at www.ipsnews.net “G7 countries have failed the Global South here in Hiroshima. They failed ...

The Unspeakable Death of the ‘Almighty Dollar’

Failing Global Systems Paul Mobbs -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Welcome to the third episode of my ‘ignored news’ blog. For some months the ‘specialist’ media have...
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