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LISTEN: Measuring Money in the Digital Age -- Jim Tebrake, IMF Podcasts
Jim Tebrake -- IMF Podcasts Jan. 24, 2024 Behind any good policy stands good data. As the global economy becomes increasingly digitalized, effective policy and regulation are critical to ensure a ...
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Scientists’ Warning On Technology -- Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance, William J. Ripple, Journal Of Cleaner Production
1 / 1In the past century, fossil-fuel-intensive technologies have become ubiquitous in the United States (Ritchie and Roser, 2017). Fossil fuels are heavily involved in the production, use, and ...
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Bitcoin Price Keeps Rising -- AFP
Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Feb. 16, 2024 (AFP) -- Bitcoin is forecast to keep rising after hitting fresh two-year highs above $50,000. The world's biggest cryptocurrency ...
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Cannabis May Ease Cravings For Some Street-Level Drugs -- University Of British Columbia
Credit: CC0 Public Domain University Of British Columbia Feb. 15, 2024 New findings from researchers at the University of British Columbia suggest that cannabis could play a role in addressing the ...
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The Unrepentant West: Olaf Scholz and the Right to Commit Genocide in Gaza -- Ramzy Baroud
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (Photo: The White House, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 14, 2024 On Feb. 8, German Chancellor Olaf ...
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‘Breaking the Mold’: How Facebook Became the NYT of the Digital Age -- Ramzy Baroud
Noam Chomsky 2017 Σ, retouched by Wugapodes, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 14, 2024 "If you try to break the mold, you’re not going to last long," famed ...
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GAZA LIVE BLOG: Hezbollah Achieves Direct Casualties -- Day 131 -- Palestine Chronicle
Displaced Palestinians in Rafah. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) Palestine Chronicle Staff Feb. 14, 2024 Israeli media reported that one Israeli was killed and several others were ...
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False Gods & Prophets! -- Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- It's The Empire, Stupid Feb. 8, 2024 Being brought up Catholic this writer likes to refer to the New Testament for fuel: Matthew 7:15-20 (King James ...
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Zoom Or You Won’t See Me! -- Philip A. Farruggio
Dawn Herbert visits with her son Tommy Rogers via video call at Cheshire County Jail in Keene, N.H. Natasha Haverty for NPR Philip A. Farruggio -- It's The Empire, Stupid! Feb. 8, 2024 If you have a ...
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The ‘Good Old Days’ (Compared To This) -- Philip A. Farruggio
Archie Bunker Philip A. Farruggio -- It's The Empire, Stupid! Feb. 8, 2024 Baby boomers like this writer usually reminisce about past days, replete with the great music, sports and styles we ...
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Breaching The ‘Iron Wall’: How Palestinians Crushed Jabotinsky’s Century-Old Ideas -- Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 7, 2024 The fact that Israeli ministers and other leading politicians quickly began advancing plans for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza immediately after October ...
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