Lost leader
Ann Pettifor has long been an influential commentator on the state of global economies and finance, since leading a successful campaign for debt relief for developing countries in the 90s, …
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China and US confirm agreement on trade framework
China‘s Commerce Ministry on Friday announced that Beijing and Washington had confirmed the details of a trade deal framework that the two countries had agreed upon earlier this month following talks …
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The billion-dollar US green hydrogen boom ended before it ever began
This week, Senate Republicans joined their House colleagues in proposing to curtail a slew of clean energy incentives. Losing those could upend many a clean energy business, but the cuts would drive a dagger …
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Sanctioned Russian media still partnered with Facebook
Sanctioned pro-Russian media are still part of Facebook’s advertising revenue program, new research out Friday showed. Russian state broadcasters, including Rossiya Segodnya — the organization that oversees both RT (formerly …
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Spain rejects NATO’s 5% defence spending hike as ‘counterproductive’
Spain has reportedly asked to opt out of NATO’s proposed defence spending target of 5 percent of GDP, risking disruption to a key agreement expected at next week’s alliance summit. …
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UK spending review 2025: Key climate and energy announcements
A spending review establishes each ministry’s spending limits and priorities for the rest of the parliamentary term. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) received one of the largest jumps …
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An Abundance of Billionaires Stalls Hudson Yards West
Hudson Yards West almost feels as if it was designed as a test case for the thesis of Abundance, the recent book by Ezra Klein of the New York Times and …
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Banking giant threatened to leave UK over mooted tax increase
One of the world’s largest banks threatened to leave the UK if the government increased tax on banks at last year’s autumn budget, openDemocracy can reveal. The head of US …
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Nigel Farage’s ‘£7 Billion DEI Savings’ Don’t Actually Exist
Nigel Farage’s party faces embarrassment today as new figures appear to discredit Reform UK’s claims about ‘wasteful’ public sector spending on diversity schemes. Farage’s party has repeatedly claimed that it could …
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Trump remittance tax to hit Africans hard
For Enoch Aikins, a political economist who focuses on Africa, the topic of sending money home to relatives is personal. “I can use myself as an example, as somebody that comes …
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