The Gates Foundation’s Global Reach Expands, to Mixed Reviews
The Gates Foundation steps into the void left by the U.S., and brings with it limited accountability, conflicts of interest, and a history of failure in its stated mission.
Read more...The Gates Foundation steps into the void left by the U.S., and brings with it limited accountability, conflicts of interest, and a history of failure in its stated mission.
Read more...Tackling a pro-multinational development canard which looks to have made the so-called middle income trap worse.
Read more...Controlling the future by controlling the past, here by censorship of narrative-busting photos.
Read more...A window into the thuggish efforts to sabotage Zohran Mamdani bid for New York City mayor, here by the Department of Homeland Security.
Read more...How the Roman Plebeian Council used tribal allegiances to curb the power of patricians.
Read more...It seems no idea is too stupid not to get a following. This one is to recreate Silicon Valley Bank, a standout failure.
Read more...Probably not in their current form, but there’s a counterintuitive argument that we should be cheering for the Supreme Court to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board in order to revitalize labor.
Read more...Millionaires are not fleeing countries to escape taxes.
Read more...As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, ecotourism may be doing more harm than good.
Read more...How a Trump 1.0 tarrifs backfire illustrates fundamental flaw in how Trump goes about doing things.
Read more...Yet more mean-spirited US conduct, here via taxing remittances, hurting families of (often legal) migrants and their home countries.
Read more...Monitoring a recession indicator: hair salon visits, or more accurately, their reduction.
Read more...The long path that has led Europe to see big defense spending will be a lifeline, hence the need to stoke war fever.
Read more...Cape Town’s drought illustrated that when climate crises become acute, the rich care for themselves irrespective of bigger effects.
Read more...It can’t be said too often: what most economists call growth is too often what we here call groaf.
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