News Analysis
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LISTEN: AI’s Leg Up For The Learning Poor: Shankar Maruwada -- IMF Podcasts
Shankar MaruwadaShankar Maruwada -- IMF Podcasts Dec. 18, 2023 Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work and for many it’s scary. But for teachers in India’s million-plus schools, AI is a ...
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A New Suez Crisis Threatens The World Economy -- The Economist
Image: The Economist Global shipping firms are suspending voyages in the Red Sea The Economist Dec 16th 2023 More than a thousand miles from Gaza, a naval crisis is unfolding that could transform ...
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WSJ Report: Israel Has Begun Flooding Gaza Tunnels – What It Means -- Palestine Chronicle
The Wall Street Journal reports that Israel has begun the process of flooding the tunnels of Gaza. The Wall Street Journal reported that Israel has begun the process of flooding the tunnels of Gaza. ...
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Association Between Commuting Time And Depressive Symptoms -- Journal Of Transport & Health
Massive Study Finds a Link Between Commuting And Poor Mental Health. By Bing AI Dong-Wook Lee, Je-Yeon Yun, Nami Lee, Yun-Chul Hong -- Journal of Transport & Health Highlights We studied commuting ...
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A Role For AI In Peacebuilding -- U.S. Institute Of Peace
A role for AI in peacebuilding. By Bing AI Peacebuilders should harness technology for uses that range from monitoring cease-fire violations to online hate speech. Heather Ashby, Ph.D. -- United ...
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Bank of England, Fed and ECB poised to leave interest rates on hold -- Richard Partington, Guardian
Stubbornly high inflation forces central banks to avoid cuts, but markets expect falls next year Richard Partington -- The Guardian Dec. 10, 2023 The Western world’s largest central banks are poised ...
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LISTEN: Unprecedented Amazon Drought Threatens To Release Huge Stores Of Carbon – The Conversation Podcast
Published: Dec. 7, 2023 As world leaders and their climate negotiators gathered at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in early December, on the other side of the world, Brazil was experiencing an ...
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‘We Will Coup Whoever We Want!’: The Unbearable Hubris Of Musk And The Billionaire Tech Bros -- Douglas Ruskoff
Douglas RushkoffChallenging each other to cage fights, building apocalypse bunkers – the behavior of today’s mega-moguls is becoming increasingly outlandish and imperial Douglas Rushkoff -- The ...
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2025-2030: Fast-track Creative Destruction -- Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin
Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin #139 Nov. 15, 2023 Anticipation means always looking a little further ahead and striving to think the unthinkable. So, when all the signs point to destruction, to ...
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UN Secretary-General Invokes Article 99 – Why and What It Means -- Palestine Chronicle
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. (Photo: Kuhlmann, MSC, via Wikimedia Commons) By Palestine Chronicle Staff Dec. 7, 2023 UN Secretary-General António Guterres invoked, on ...
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LISTEN: Ian Parry: Carbon Pricing and the Power of a Good Idea -- IMF Podcast
Ian Parry International Monetary Fund Nov. 21, 2023 IN THIS EPISODE Carbon pricing is steadily emerging as one of the most viable solutions to reducing global emissions, but shedding its contentious ...
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