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From the Publisher: New technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain …
A World Without Work Read More
TOKYO — Central banks in Japan, Europe and Canada are taking a joint look into issuing digital currencies in their home jurisdictions, hoping to offer a convenient and safe alternative …
Central banks in Japan and Europe explore digital currencies Read More
It turns out, a shipping container can change a community. That’s all Chris Diplock, the co-founder of the Vancouver Tool Library, started with when he created The Thingery, a place for residents of …
Lending and community building at The Thingery Read More
Case brought by the government of Mozambique also seeks damages from Credit Suisse and shipbuilding company Privinvest Credit Suisse given deadline of 21 January to file and serve their defence …
Mozambique sues in UK to cancel debt in secret loan case Read More
From the Publisher: Tales of neoliberalism’s death are serially overstated. Following the financial crisis of 2008, neoliberalism was proclaimed a “zombie,” a disgraced ideology that staggered on like an undead …
Mutant Neoliberalism Read More
BEIRUT, LEBANON — When Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated in a US Reaper drone strike in Iraq January 3, fear spread throughout the world that Iran might retaliate by …
The Lebanese Want To Fight Corruption, Not US-Iran Proxy War Read More
Solicitor Advocate Mike Dailly has said the government should prioritise a stronger regulatory regime to oversee the private rental sector Housing lawyer uses Glasgow Times column to call for tougher …
‘Prioritise this area of human misery’: Calls for private sector housing regulation follow tenant’s landmark victory Read More
The primary cause of this ‘unliveable’ environment is a highly restrictive Israeli blockade, now in its 13th year, which has reduced Gaza to the point of ‘systemic collapse’. In 2012, …
UN’s warning that Gaza will not be a “liveable place” by 2020 has been realised Read More
The 2020s look set to be the decade of make or break. The big problems we face – climate change, inequality, job creation in the face of automation, housing shortages and pressures …
Why Capitalists Need Communists Read More
DOJ attorneys describe working with industry lawyers as a ‘team,’ raising questions about whether government was representing the American people. In early 2018, a few months after the cities …
Emails Reveal U.S. Justice Dept. Working Closely with Oil Industry to Oppose Climate Lawsuits Read More