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WHO’s terminology and WHO’s science are both questionable.

Which Industries Lost Jobs, Which Gained Jobs: Longer-Term Employment Trends in Charts

“It’s time to tax the billionaires,” economist Gabriel Zucman argues in a new analysis.

An assessment of how far BRICS has gotten in creating new monetary arrangements and institutions. The short version is “not very”.

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Bragg’s theory of the case:: section 17-152, sodium batteries, Google up-ranking big media sites using AI-generated content ~

More and more EU voters are rejecting the Union, as some like to call it. Economic malaise looks to be a big reason why.

Blair is closer than ever to regaining political power, albeit through a proxy Labour government led by Keir Starmer. The beauty (for Blair) is that he will be able to continue expanding his global political consulting empire at the same time. 

Turkiye is kicking Israel in a weak spot: its economy. How much might this trade freeze hurt?

Why a wealth tax is not all it is cracked up to be, but a well-designed income tax can do a fine job of curtailing wealth disparity.

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Boeing deaths, Trump nostalgia, news from the encampments ~

After sending Yellen and Blinken to China to make threats, the Administration has imposed some strikingly weak sanctions