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Tax the Rich to Save the Planet | Owen Gaffney
Full disk view of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the Moon at a distance of about 29,000 kilometres (18,000 mi). It shows Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula. Public domain.As the IPCC’s latest report makes clear, averting the worst effects of climate change demands a profound economic transformation in the next decade. Achieving ...
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How Elon Musk's Tweets Unleashed A Wave Of Hate | Marianna Spring
Marianna Spring -- BBC Disinformation and social media correspondent March 20, 2023 (BBC) -- I had just finished my investigation into whether Twitter can protect users under Elon Musk's ownership, w ...
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ChatGDP: How We End Poverty | Francis Goodwin
Francis Goodwin asks ChatGPT: "How do we end poverty?" ChatGPT: As an AI language model, I do not have personal beliefs or opinions. However, according to the United Nations, ending poverty requires ...
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The Techno-Feudal Method to Musk’s Twitter Madness | Yanis Varoufakis
Elon Musk/Twitter. Source: El Portaculo. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Immediately after taking over Twitter and pronouncing himself Chief Twit, Elon Musk affirmed his commit ...
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Strangers Behind the Trees: On the Death of Rayan Suliman and His Fear of Monsters | Ramzy Baroud
7-year-old Palestinian boy Rayan Suliman. (Photo: via Social Media) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 12, 2022 Children of my Gaza refugee camp were rarely afraid of monsters but of Israeli soldi ...
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The Stagflationary Debt Crisis Is Here | Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel RoubiniThe Great Moderation has given way to the Great Stagflation, which will be characterized by instability and a confluence of slow-motion negative supply shocks. U.S. and global equities ...
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From Great Moderation to Great Stagflation | Nouriel Roubini
Credit: Project Syndicate Nouriel Roubini -- Project Syndicate Aug 9, 2022 For decades, relative global stability, sound economic-policy management, and the steady expansion of trade to and from emer ...
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The Road to Fascism: How the War in Ukraine is Changing Europe | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2022 As soon as I landed in Rome, I discovered that I was no longer able to access any Russian media whatsoever. Unfortunately, threats by Eu ...
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U.S. Considers Radical Rethinking Of Dollar For Today's Digital World | David Gura
Feb. 6, 2022 (NPR) -- Since its establishment as the country's national currency, the dollar has undergone many updates and changes, but nothing compares to the proposal being debated today. The Unit ...
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Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy?: Three Possible Answers | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. (Photo: UNRWA) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 29, 2021 At the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West Ban ...
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WATCH: Republican National Committee Abandons America
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