Economy

That Untraversed Land | John Michael Greer

Oct. 6 ,2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- It’s been just over a month since I started talking about how the predictions set out in 1972 by The Limits to Growth were coming true in our time. Since then the situation has become steadily worse. As I write this, rolling blackouts are leaving millions of people in China to huddle in the dark and shutting down yet another round of factories on which the West’s c ...

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Higher levels of education and higher income mean better health for older adults | Trinity College Dublin

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Oct. 5, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- A new cross-national study comparing multimorbidity disease cluster patterns, prevalence and health risk factors across Ireland, Eng ...

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It’s the 5th Anniversary of “Helping Homeless Women - NYC”! — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 4, 2021 October 16 marks five years since I started a one-man mission called Helping Homeless Women - NYC. I offer direct relief to some of the most vulnerable — ...

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A New Water Source That Could Make Drought a Thing of the Past | Ellen Brown

Oceans of water are beneath our feet, and new technologies are extracting it economically without ecological damage. Oct. 1, 2021 (Web of Debt) -- Lack of fresh water is now a global crisis. Water sh ...

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We’re All in This Together! — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust September 18, 2021 (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of World News Trust.) In 2020, health care workers co ...

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The Negative-Sum Economy | John Michael Greer

Sept. 15, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- There are tides and seasons in the comments I field for posts here on my blog, certain questions that get asked at regular intervals, certain saliva-flecked tirades ...

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Following Afghanistan Defeat: Can EU Win Own ‘Independence’ from the US? | Ramzy Baroud

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 10, 2021 Suddenly, the idea put forth by French President E ...

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Remember the HPV vaccine scandal of 2018? (Of course, you don’t) — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust September 5, 2021 (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of World News Trust.) Let’s imagine a hypothetical sce ...

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US Judge Rejects Bid For Patent By AI 'inventor' | AFP

Stephen Thaler had applied for patents on behalf of his DABUS machine in 2019, only to have US patent officials conclude the AI didn't qualify because it isn't an individual. Sept. 3, 2021 (TechXplor ...

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The Great Covid Heist | umair haque

(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of World News Trust.) The Truth About Why Covid’s Never Going Away: The world is not vaccinating peop ...

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A Prayer for Nonbelievers | John Michael Greer

A familiar volume.Sept. 1, 2021 (EcoSophia) -- I was 10 years old when The Limits to Growth first saw print. I have a dim memory of seeing a newspaper article or two about it, but I had other things ...

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