Why “Spend Before Tax” Is the Key to Unlocking a Future for Young People
The future younger people inherit is being decided less by the constraints of economics than by the limits of political imagination.
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Skyscrapers of Babel: How Ancient Mesopotamia Shaped the Modern City
In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to imagine futuristic skylines—melding ziggurats with modernism in a visionary blend of the past and the possible.
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When One of the World’s Most Powerful Nations Is Run By Spoiled Children
The US cannot achieve its goals in the world by traditional economic or military means, so it increasingly prefers chaos and destruction. How do the other powers stop it?
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US Power Grab of Global Ports Runs Out of Steam Following Pressure From Beijing
Trump said the US is “retaking” the Panama Canal (and dozens of other ports). Not so fast, says Beijing.
Read more...Only Nationalisation Can Save England and Wales’ Failing Water Sector
Privatisation means the public faces higher bills and pollution as shareholders cash in. Why won’t Labour admit that?
Read more...Europe’s Energy Future Hinges on Global Powers
The EU’s energy transition goals (and so much else) are becoming increasingly reliant on trade and tariff policies from the US and China.
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Cruel Executive Order on Homelessness Is Also Ineffective Policy—Unless Goal Is to Discipline Workers and Boost Prison Industry
Blaming homelessness on mental illness and drug addiction deflects attention away from true culprit of American rapaciousness.
Read more...Trump’s Push for More Deportations Could Boost Demand for Foreign Farmworkers With ‘Guest Worker’ Visas
More slave labor was always the goal.
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