One of the areas in which we are least prepared for the many complex challenges surrounding us is in our relationship to food.
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Read more...Germany’s long-standing practice of muscling the European Union to serve its own ends now risks dissolution and a banking system crisis.
Read more...The Fed just told everyone to assume the brace position.
Read more...So many coronavirus panics that a looming risk is getting little notice: implosion of Italy’s banks, a potential Credit Anstalt event.
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Read more...European Commission to decide Wednesday whether to adopt a right to repair for smartphones as part of its Circular Economy Action Plan, to match what already exists for household appliances.
Read more...In theory, Brexit negotiations are moving forward, but they sure don’t look like it.
Read more...Reallocating workers to better jobs at their current location could be a more cost-effective avenue to increase aggregate wages, and even accelerate regional convergence
Read more...A Plastic Planet seeks to include sachets in UK and EU single-use plastic bans; meanwhile, NY plastic shopping bag ban begins 1 March.
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