Better prision approaches can reduce stress and improve outcomes for inmates and staff. But that’s not the point, is it?
Read more...Critics say the US-led Aim4C coalition will sideline nature-friendly farming in favour of polluting status quo agriculture.
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Read more...Movies show that some Americans have not been on board with the cult of work.
Read more...Open-end funds have grown significantly over the past two decades and now manage around $41 trillion in assets globally. And the risk they pose to the global economy is rising, says the IMF.
Read more...The US is having a hissy over the OPEC+ production cut. Not a good look.
Read more...David Graeber and David Wengrow spent ten years studying and thinking about human prehistory.
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Read more...An unsparing look at some glaring deficiencies in reserach and training in medicine.
Read more...As other nations return to state-led investment, Truss and Kwarteng act to weaken the democracy, economy and rights of Britain.
Read more...Why, as they say in Maine, you can’t get get there from here as far as our green energy plans are concerned.
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Read more...By Conor Gallagher At the beginning of this year there were four pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Europe, and a fifth (Nord Stream 2) was about to come online. Now Nord Stream 1 and 2 are dead, the Yamal Pipeline is closed, and the amount of gas flowing through Ukraine is greatly diminished. […]
Read more...Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real fog and stage fog — in comments. None of us need more cheerleading and link-free repetition of memes; there are platforms for that. Low-value, link-free […]
Read more...There seems to be no escape from looming economic and financial problems, but the officialdom will do it best to delay the reckoning.
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