Nations Are Exiting a Secretive System That Protects Corporations. One Country’s Story Shows How Hard That Can Be.
Bolivia was the first nation to leave a legal system that allows foreign companies to sue governments behind closed doors. Now, other countries are following.
A new study finds that deaths related to cold weather in the United States have risen in the past two decades.
The promises of Klarna and other “buy now, pay later” companies are too good to be true.
In a “wellbeing economy”, government policies, business activities, and citizens’ behaviour are aimed at meeting our physical, social, and spiritual needs within planetary boundaries. It doesn’t mean we’re anti-growth; we’re just more selective about it.
The US Economy’s Trust Deficit
Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
Coffee drinkers are set to feel the pinch from high prices after crops got hit by drought and heavy rainfall.
In 1177BC, Amurapi, the last king of Ugarit in modern-day Syria, wrote in cuneiform on baked clay to the Hittite emperor Suppiluliuma II: "My father behold, the enemy's ships have come; my cities were burned, and they did evil things in my country." Soon, both the Hittite and Ugaritic kingdoms were ...
Cradle and All: The devastating cost of Utah’s thriving adoption industry.
"It's like you're…baiting them in," said one adoptive mother.
The newspapers and networks of the 20th century are ceding ground. And the people taking their place aren’t playing by the same rules.
Regardless of what you think about mainstream sources, what's replaced it seems to be far worse.
ITF: Most governments/companies have little control over people.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32714263
Statement: Most governments/companies have a lot of control over people.
Flipped Statement: Most governments/companies have little control over people.
Terms:
- Western bloc - US, EU, Canada, Australia, Japan, etc.
- Eastern bloc - Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, etc.
- Periphery - Non-aligned countries
The USA transfers power to Donald Trump and he starts to isolate the economy, restructure administrative agencies to be more favorable towards executive control theory, and hinders regulation in many industries.
The isolation of the US economy encourages other Western and Eastern countries to decrease economic dependence on the US and create more economic ties with other Periphery countries and become more self-reliant as well.
The restructuring of administrative agencies encourages other countries that were self-regulating due to threat of US retaliation to take action because of decreased
Omnivore is a read-later app. You know, one of those things that lets you save interesting articles you encounter throughout the day and the service will go crawl the page and download the content in a nice readable format and zap it to whatever device you wanted to zap it to, so that later when you...
“But you know what, I shouldn’t have to understand the business models of every little icon on my stupid pocket supercomputer to get through life! Why am I reading books on VC funding just to figure out what parts of my digital life will inevitably decay when the money guys get their hands on it??”
A region’s climate is defined over periods of 30 years. In a world affected by global warming, we need new tools to improve these definitions.
Some in the US are reconsidering children, with fears over reproductive healthcare and the climate crisis front of mind
Air Pollution From Wildfires Kills 1.5 Million Annually
Low- and middle-income countries account for over 90% of all deaths attributable to air pollution from wildfires.
Low- and middle-income countries account for over 90% of all deaths attributable to air pollution from wildfires.
Study detects synergistic effect making substances more dangerous, raising alarm since humans are exposed to both
