Waste Watch: US Dumps Plastic Rubbish in Southeast Asia
Now that China has banned imports of plastic waste for recycling, US plastic waste exports to southeast Asia surge.
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Is India on Its Way Out of Poverty?
Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, discusses a recent UNDP report showing that poverty in India has halved in the last 10 years, and the newly unveiled healthcare plan for the bottom 40% of the population, nicknamed “Modicare.”
Read more...India: Demonetization Debacle
RBI annual report reaffirms demonetization had little impact on ferreting out black money; BJP majority blocks release of scathing parliamentary standing committee on finance report on the policy’s failure.
Read more...Tariq Ali: “No Real Choice” at the Ballot Box for the People of Pakistan
Corruption keeps growing like cancer in Pakistan. This combined with military repression and on-going terror attacks from the Islamic State, means Pakistanis will see a continuation of the status quo, says Tariq Ali in this RNN interview.
Read more...Net Neutrality: FCC’s Scuppering Will Stand; Meanwhile, India Adopts World’s Most Sweeping Protections
US net neutrality advocates hold onto slim hope that Congress might overturn the FCC’s decision to scupper net neutrality provisions; meanwhile, India adopts some of the strongest net neutrality protections in the world.
Read more...What India Can Teach the US About a Federal Job Guarantee
As Bernie Sanders’s proposal for a federal job guarantee attracts criticism, it is worth mulling India’s successful rural job guarantee program, enacted in 2005.
Read more...Fast Fashion Juggernaut Rolls Along
The fast fashion cycle continues to accelerate, as sustainability concerns fall to the wayside. Algorithms are trotted out as a panacea for products that embed an offensive message.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Great Pacific Garbage Patch Grows
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a major plastic accumulation zone located between California and Hawaii, is growing at a rate greater than previously believed, according to a new scientific paper published last week.
Read more...Davos: Alive or Dead?
Politicians and economists are meeting at Davos, but as times change, does neoliberalism retain its cachet?
Read more...Q & A: What Price Do We Put on Our Oceans?
Interview with Erik Solheim, on agenda for UN Environment Assembly, starting tomorrow, that will discuss measures to clean up the oceans.
Read more...Don’t Look to India’s Universal ID System as Model for Biometrics to Replace Social Security Numbers
India’s Aadhaar universal identification number scheme, including biometrics, is no viable model for replacing Social Security numbers.
Read more...Remember, Remember the Eighth of November: India’s War on Cash Assessed One Year Later
One year after India launched its demonetization debacle, the economy remains cash based, and Modi has yet to pay politically.
Read more...India’s Demonetization Experiment Fails to Demonetize: Cash Comes Full Circle
Cash withdrawals from Indian ATM machines are nearly back to the level of just before Modi’s demonetization shock.
Read more...Fast Fashion: Magical Shift in Consumption Patterns Will Save the Planet?
Forbes thinks that emerging markets consumers might save the planet from fast fashion folly. Ahem. I’m not so sure.
Read more...India’s Demonetization: No Impact on Black Money Despite Huge Costs It Imposed
India’s demonetization exercise was for naught, with the RBI reporting last week a scant 1% of banned notes not converted into new currency.
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