Indonesia’s Wait-And-See Approach Towards Joining BRICS
Indonesia serves as a reminder that the so-called “Global South” is not monolithic and that affects the prospect of joining BRICS.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 8/31/2023
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Read more...BRICS: African Countries Face Opportunities and Risks in Alienating China or the US – An Expert Weighs In
An, erm, interesting take on the implications for BRICS for African nations.
Read more...Labor Economist: AI May Bring a Boom in Horrible Jobs
Losing jobs isn’t the only thing workers have to worry about. AI may make many jobs worse.
Read more...US-China Decoupling: Rhetoric and Reality
An update on how the much-ballyhooed US economic divorce from China is progressing.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/30/2023
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Extended Vaccination Boosters Against the RBD of Spike Protein and the Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2
A carefully done study, admittedly on mice, suggests that more Covid vaccinne boosting is counterproductive in immune repsone terms.
Read more...Imperialism: How the Struggle of Both Classes and Nations Creates Our World
How imperailasm has determined much of the structure of the international economy and that in turn affects domestic interests.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/29/2023
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Read more...US Weaponizes Environmental Rhetoric to Seek Water Hegemony
An update on jockeying over critical water resources and how the US is positioning itself.
Read more...Brazil Mulls Phasing Out Physical Cash, As Central Bank Prepares to Launch CBDC
How did Brazil, a country that until recently was heavily dependent on cash, reach a point where its politicians are now considering eliminating it altogether? One of the answers is a three-letter word that is now ubiquitous across the country: Pix.
Read more...Zelensky’s Latest TV Interview Shows How Much the Ukraine Conflict’s Dynamics Have Shifted
Zelensky has moderated some posiitons as US and EU enthusiasm for Project Ukraine is falling. But don’t get your hopes up for an endgame
Read more...Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Skyrocket To $7 Trillion
The IMF made a comprehensive tally of fossil fuels subsidies. Both the level and the trajectory are sobering.
Read more...New York Times Bungles Page One School Ventilation Story through Lazy Reporting
Perhaps, after three years and counting of Covid, we should be grateful for any content that isn’t outright eugenicist.
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