Monte Albán, which was a major regional urban center for 1,300 years, is a powerful case study that early investments in public infrastructure and goods foster longer-term sustainability.
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A new book from Edward Elgar Publishing in association with GIMMS. The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies is pleased to announce that its book “Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, …
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After 30 years of peace, the Polisario Front holds its 16th Congress amidst the war against Morocco’s invasion.
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A safer plan for America would invest in its people by promoting alternative deterrents to violence.
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With Western ‘unity’ enabled by Iran’s nuclear scheme and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China must not oblige with ruinous cross-strait war. Now and then I wish I could ask the same piercing question raised by a fellow journalist to an audience. These two were apparently asked by a Financial Times commentator of a group of Continue reading »
Cardinal George Pell’s vision of a church beyond criticism, its edicts to be slavishly followed, and governed almost exclusively by elderly men sits very uncomfortably with Christ’s proclamation of the Kingdom of God and our contemporary world. The death of Cardinal George Pell has dominated the news cycle over several days. Understandably the focus has Continue reading »
Ukrainians have become cannon fodder for the US geopolitical goals, just as the South Vietnamese were. In April 1965, U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) explained why he was escalating US involvement in Vietnam. With an Orwellian touch, he titled the speech “Peace without Conquest” as he announced the beginning of US air attacks on Continue reading »
Tech companeis laying off tens of thousands of employees, underscoring their fixation on short-term performance metrics.
Quelle surprise! Change on crucial issues of climate and inequality is unlikely to emerge from the World Economic Forum.
The ceaseless political scandals over classified documents point to deeper systemic problems with Washington’s obsession with secrecy.
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