Category Archives: Guest Post

Red List: More than a Quarter of Species Worldwide Face Extinction; Meanwhile, a Local NYC Group Protects Piping Plovers

Political and scientific leaders meet in Marseille to debate the biodiversity crisis; meanwhile closer to home, a NYC volunteer group moves to help protect nesting piping plovers.

Links 9/6/2021

An Entire Generation of Americans Has No Idea How Easy Air Travel Used to Be

While air passengers today might someday see the eventual end of the COVID-19 public health security measures, they’re far less likely to see a return to pre-9/11 security levels at airports.

Waste Watch: Russia, UK Adopt Single Use Plastics Bans

Russia and the UK take limited steps to slow the plastics juggernaut.

Allow Least Developed Countries to Develop

Optimal economic policy for LDCs requires their goverments to resist aping Washington and OECD fads.

Links 9/5/2021

Neoliberalism Is Dying – Now We Must Replace It

From taming Big Tech to competing with China, Western governments are retreatig from neoliberalism. But what comes next?

‘America Has a Monopoly Problem’: Coalition Backs Legislation to Break Up Big Tech

Anti-monopoly interests have proposed a series of bills to give regulators more power, particularly with respect to tech.

Why Are Spanish Companies Beating a Retreat from Latin America?

Latin America helped transform Spanish firms into global ones. But conditions are changing and some are getting cold feet.

Northeast Pummeled with Colossal Flooding, Destructive Tornadoes

Ida’s epic flooding is likely to become part of an extreme weather new normal.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/2/2021

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Links 9/2/2021