Alex Lawson and Ryan Grim discuss the decadeslong struggle against Big Pharma to lower drug prices.
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Doctor Who: Doom's Day - Extraction Point is part of the 60th Anniversary multimedia event, a BBC novel from MG Harris that really works.
You ask me what all idiosyncrasy is in philosophers? … For instance their lack of the historical sense, their hatred even of the idea of Becoming, their Egyptianism. They imagine that they do honour to a thing by divorcing it from history sub specie æterni—when they make a mummy of it. Friedrich Nietzsche Nowadays there […]
1. You have dark circles around your eyes.
2. You look absolutely feral when caught off guard by flash photography.
3. Your behavior is unpredictable, and you could become unexpectedly aggressive at any moment.
4. You are a mostly solitary creature, but sometimes you band together with gender-specific social groups, because it’s the only way you’ll survive.
5. Your appearance in stark daylight is alarming, and prompts calls to public safety.
6. A bath wouldn’t hurt.
7. People get upset when you come into a restaurant with your family, because your mere presence is a disturbance and they think they’re going to have to fumigate the place once you leave.
8. And everyone freaked out that one time you all got onto an airplane, even though you were just sitting there minding your own business and the one who was really stressed out in that situation was you.
9. Those whiskers are getting pretty long.
10. And you very obviously don’t shave your legs, but nobody really expects that from you anyway. To be honest, everything is looking a little hairy and untamed.
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Council-led boycotts of goods made in occupied Palestinian territories are at risk of being banned
Suella Braverman's wish to leave the European Court of Human Rights would empower those seeking to enslave some of the world's most vulnerable people
The looming quadrillion dollar derivatives tsunami part 2 Ellen Brown The Perverse Incentives Created by “Safe Harbor” in Bankruptcy In The New Financial Deal: Understanding…
The post The looming quadrillion dollar derivatives tsunami – part 2 first appeared on Economic Reform Australia.There’s been clear evidence for over a year that the US is planning to return its nuclear weapons to Britain. They intend to locate them at Lakenheath in Suffolk — nominally an RAF base but in fact wholly controlled and run by the US. If this is allowed to take place, Britain will once again […]
Flow, and materialistic values Elinor Hurst A recent paper by Isham and Jackson (2022) [1] of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP)…
The post Flow, and materialistic values first appeared on Economic Reform Australia.Modern mainstream (neoclassical) economics relies to a large degree on the notion of probability. To be amenable to applied economic analysis, economic observations allegedly have to be conceived as random events that are analyzable within a probabilistic framework. But is it really necessary to model the economic system as a system where randomness can only […]
A majority of voters believe corruption in the UK Government has got worse in recent years, according to our exclusive new poll
Adjusting the Beveridge curve to exclude the effect of workers switching jobs suggests that the vacancy rate could fall to pre-pandemic levels without causing the jobless rate to exceed a 2001-23 average.
Comments on: An analysis of ‘Three decades of increasing carbon emissions The weight of the P factor’ [1] [Authors: Lucia Tamburino, Philip Cafaro and Giangiacomo…
The post Comments on: An analysis of ‘Three decades of increasing carbon emissions The weight of the P factor’ [1] first appeared on Economic Reform Australia.A BAN on all fishing in the Nymboida River, Mann River and all its tributaries upstream of its junction with the Clarence River until the end of October is part of the rivers’ revival plans. Devastation caused by bushfires, then floods, sees the eastern freshwater cod on the brink of extinction. Advertise with News of...
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The European Union has long suffered from a democratic deficit, owing to the absence of a united European polity that can hold EU political institutions accountable. In recent years, three developments have all but destroyed the idea of the EU as an effective force for good within and beyond Europe. ATHENS – The quiet days […]
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. Der Schmerz, die Nazi-Gräueltaten zu beobachten, umfasst auch die moralischen und ethischen Fragen, die er aufwirft. Wie konnte eine zivilisierte Gesellschaft in solche Barbarei abrutschen? Wie konnten Menschen an solchen abscheulichen Taten teilnehmen oder ein Auge zudrücken? Dennoch finden wir gerade beim Zeugen dieser Geschichte auch ein Gefühl der Verantwortung. Das Beobachten, wie die […]
Drugmakers are charging foreigners far lower prices for medicines they want shielded from new Medicare price cuts.
THE City of Coffs Harbour is seeking residents’ input to its Draft Tourism Strategy to help further enhance the region’s economy by focussing on strengthening the tourism sector, building resilience and discovering new opportunities. Natalia Cowley, the City of Coffs Harbour’s General Manager, said, “Since the Coffs Coast was declared NSW’s first ever ECO Destination,...
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AFTER an incredible two years of fundraising, with a focus on solutions to the issue of homelessness, Coffs Coast Woman Of The Year Doris Rake is taking time to rest, refuel and recover. Having tirelessly advocated for night time accommodation for those sleeping rough in Coffs Harbour through her ‘3Rs’ project, Doris is now “on...
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THE Lowanna General Store and Australia Post office celebrated its centenary on Saturday 26 August. Owners Rob and Shell (Michelle) Houlihan pulled out all stops and put on a party where history was the main topic of conversation. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us...
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The degrowth movement and population Elinor Hurst Herman Daly, in a responding viewpoint [1] to The Degrowth Alternative by Giorgos Kallis [2], articulates very well…
The post The degrowth movement and population first appeared on Economic Reform Australia.The F-twist – realism, economic policy analysis and climate change – part 1 Tom Foster Introduction This article identifies that mainstream (orthodox) economics is not…
The post The F-twist – realism, economic policy analysis and climate change – part 1 first appeared on Economic Reform Australia.See what's for sale at the Republican textbook fair.