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The Techno-Feudal Method to Musk’s Twitter Madness | Yanis Varoufakis
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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 commitment to safeguarding the platform as the “public square” where anything and everything is debated. It was a smart tactic, because it successfully diverted the public’s attention from what Musk is real ...
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Wars Aren’t Won with Peacetime Economies | Joseph E. Stiglitz
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pexels.comSince launching his war of aggression in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has described his barbaric project as a confrontation with the entire West. But while Western governments ...
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Strangers Behind the Trees: On the Death of Rayan Suliman and His Fear of Monsters | Ramzy Baroud
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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
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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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How to Green Our Parched Farmlands & Finance Critical Infrastructure | Ellen Brown
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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 urgently-ne ...
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From Great Moderation to Great Stagflation | Nouriel Roubini
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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
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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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Russia's War and the Global Economy | Nouriel Roubini
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Nouriel Roubini. Source: https://www.concordia.net/Nouriel Roubini -- Project Syndicate Feb 25, 2022 It is tempting to think that the war in Ukraine will have only a minor economic and financial impa ...
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U.S. Considers Radical Rethinking Of Dollar For Today's Digital World | David Gura
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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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Doing Business with Apartheid: Why Africa Must Reject Israeli Colonialism | Ramzy Baroud
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February 16, 2022 Articles, Commentary, Editorials African Union summit in Addis Ababa. (Photo: via AfCFTA Secretariat Official Twitter Page) By Ramzy Baroud The current split in the African Union (A ...
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‘The Blood in the Barrel’: Decades of Israeli Propaganda are Faltering | Ramzy Baroud
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February 9, 2022 Articles, Commentary, Editorials The Palestinian village of Tantura before the 1948 massacre. (Photo: Matson collection, via Wikimedia Commons) By Ramzy Baroud A succession of events ...
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