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Joseph Stiglitz and the Limits of Liberal Freedom

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

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

Click here to view original web page at www.commondreams.org Report Urges Elimination of ISDS Provisions, Calls for ...

From Climate Crisis to Polycrisis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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’

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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