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Lying about Lying: Why We Must Revisit the Definition of ‘Fake News’ | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 3, 2023 The phrase "fake news" continues to be deployed routinely in U.S. politics. In a polarized political atmosphere, both Republicans and ...
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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, ...
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The Coming Doom Loop | Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel RoubiniIn the face of high and persistent inflation, recession risks, and now a looming insolvency crisis in the financial sector, central banks like the U.S. Federal Reserve are facing a ...
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The death of open access mega-journals? | Justin Jackson
Justin Jackson -- Phys.org March 29, 2023 The entire scientific publishing world is currently undergoing a massive stress test of quantity vs. quality, open access (free) vs. institutional ...
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Let the Banks Burn | Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis VaroufakisThe banking system we take for granted is unfixable. The good news is that we no longer need to rely on any private, rent-seeking, socially destabilizing network of banks, at least ...
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Analysis: Silicon Valley Bank's Fall Widens Systemic Cracks As Cheap Money Vanishes | David Randall And Davide Barbuscia
NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - Cracks are appearing in the global financial system as the decade-long era of cheap money ends, with some investors worrying the shock collapse of Silicon Valley Bank ...
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Solving the Debt Crisis the American Way | Ellen Brown
Our forefathers turned their debts into currency. That Constitutional approach could work today. Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Jan. 20, 2023 On Friday, Jan. 13, Treasury SecretaryJanet Yellen wrote to ...
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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 ...
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How to Green Our Parched Farmlands & Finance Critical Infrastructure | Ellen Brown
Drought-stricken farmland in California. Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Sept. 2, 2022 There are work-arounds the United States can use to fund affordable housing, drought responses, and other ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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