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Washington state rang in the New Year with the launch of its most ambitious plan to slash carbon pollution. The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps …
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works. Read More
GDP growth appears positive The World Bank has added its voice to those predicting the global economy will recover faster from the pandemic than previously thought. According to its latest report, …
GDP Numbers Not What They Seem Read More
Nicholas Gruen questions the value of competition and proposes a new frontier for political and economic reform. Since Adam Smith, economists have marvelled at competition’s capacity to improve our world …
Taking sides Read More
Researchers have charted the US phenomenon where, as globalisation spreads injustice, the despondent reach for the gun. Review by John Komlos It is a commonplace that the demographic development of …
Nothing left to lose Read More
North Dakota has the only state-owned bank in the nation. Advocates say it’s a model for getting state tax money invested in communities. All of North Dakota’s state tax and …
What a Public Bank Can Do for Real People 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
Former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson took the witness stand Wednesday in the company’s climate fraud trial and gave the clearest defense yet for his former employer. Tillerson denied that …
Rex Tillerson Testifies, Denying Exxon Misled Investors About Climate Risk Read More
Beijing says Trump broke pledge by threatening to tax $300bn worth of goods BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — China on Thursday vowed to counter the latest U.S. tariffs on $300 billion of …
China vows to take countermeasures to latest US tariffs Read More
The United States will officially leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) on Friday, marking what some worry will be the resumption of a new arms race between Russia and …
Landmark arms treaty set to implode on Friday as Pentagon eyes building new missiles Read More