#Economies

Why the US dollar is powerful and why gaddafi was right to want Africa to be one with one gold currecy,we would over power USA dollar, cos gold was standard
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The conspiracy theories for corona being a form of bioterrorism actually has convincing evidence, although it could be argued it's circumstantial and I'm gonna list them cause it's spooky: Soooo
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Kaki lima is an example of climate-adapted urbanism in Malaysia. The five-foot walkways in front of shophouses is a public realm found in many heritage towns, designed to shelter pedestrians
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Most of Ch 5 in "Capitalism, Alone" deals with the commodification (commercialization) of daily life.This is not just a "cute" topic. It is fundamental. Once we rent out homes, cars
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PANDEMIC PREDICTIONS. A ten-part thread. 1. Far-Right leader(s) will attract popular support with anti-capitalist, xenophobic, conspiratorial/evangelical fundamentalist movement(s). 2. Far-Left leader(s) will ascend with anti-capitalist, anti-corpora
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The single most important thing to understand is that the world was effectively converted into a command economy six months ago. Free movement is not compatible with any planned economy
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In my global health course today, we will cover pandemics.My summary of the major lessons from #COVID19 (so far):1. Something like #COVID19 was expected, but countries were not prepared (despite
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idk who you think the face of sovereignty and liberation work in guĂĽhan is but it should be anyone living in poverty because poor people here have been telling you
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wut Trump is using the lie that he banned travel from China (he restricted it but didn't ban it) to take credit for saving "untold numbers of lives" (the coronavirus
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1/19. I’ve just published a new @commonwealthsec paper looking critically at international support for the world's 47 least developed countries (LDCs). It’s a bit of a monster, so I’m going
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UK R&D spending is heavily skewed towards SE England, with negative consequences for places that lose out. How and where do you think this money should be spent? Use our
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Haven’t seen anyone make the obvious analogy yet: defi is “globalizing” things into one giant capital market with shared total risk. Your stablecoins on one defi platform are lent out
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An utterly naive article. Retaliation is completely the wrong word. Nor is it a question of us cooperating with China. We wanted to, but it chose to withhold crucial data
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Well said @asemota. Let me explain reinventing the wheel".Most folks who shout tech don't understand how it builds societies, grow and accelerate economies.Tech is sexy but it comes from science
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You’re an MP going on @R4Today, desperate to say the #redwall has fallen because too many Govts have focused on creating jobs in big cities rather than locally.Take a breath.Look
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1/ In addition to handling the pandemic, the Western States Pact needs to expand its ambitions. First priority (and related to the pandemic): a regional "Medicare for All" that serves
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