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Sat, 24/05/2025 - 06:48

Microsoft’s close collaboration with Tel Aviv — including its employment of over 1,000 Israelis — strongly undermines the tech giant’s claim that no Palestinians have been harmed by its services. This article was originally published by ¡Do Not Panic! Last week Microsoft admitted providing large amounts of AI and cloud storage services to Israel during its genocide of Gaza, but said an internal investigation found no evidence the IDF “used these services to target or harm Palestinians.” This is not a serious claim […]

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The post How Microsoft became a hub for Israeli intelligence appeared first on The Grayzone.

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Sat, 24/05/2025 - 03:15

“The Trump administration on Thursday said it would halt Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, taking aim at a crucial funding source for the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college in a major escalation of the administration’s efforts to pressure the elite school to fall in line with the president’s agenda.”New York Times

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Fri, 23/05/2025 - 23:42
Från näringslivshåll påpekas ofta att Sverige har mycket höga skatter. Särskilt marginalskatten, som i genomsnitt uppgår till som mest 52,7 procent, brukar vara föremål för kritik. Med tanke på allmänhetens låga kunskap om vad marginalskatt är, har det fått en förvånansvärt stor spridning. Det har sannolikt lett till en felaktig uppfattning om hur höga inkomstskatterna […]
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Fri, 23/05/2025 - 23:00
Economic theory is built on equilibrium assumptions. Perhaps this term once connoted the rest point of a dynamic process. But in modern parlance, an equilibrium assumption posits a relation between the beliefs and behavior of different agents without explicitly describing a process which causes this relation to hold. Competitive equilibrium assumes prices clear markets, without […]