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How Economists Invented Austerity & Paved the Way to Fascism

Clara Mattei discusses her new book “The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism” Find the book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/… Learn more about modern austerity: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis… Explore Professor Mattei’s other research: https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/facult… […]

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Patagonia’s Founder Gives $3B Company to Nonprofit Fighting Climate Change | My Modern Met

By Jessica Stewart on September 15, 2022 Photo: BalkansCat/Depositphotos “We’re making Earth our only shareholder. I am dead serious about saving this planet.” Nearly 50 years after Yvon Chouinard founded outdoor apparel maker Patagonia, he’s relinquishing control for the good … Continue reading →

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Rare earths crunch? Why we need them and who has them | Business Beyond

You may not have heard of most rare earths, but the 17 metallic elements known as rare earths are essential to modern life. They’re in our smartphones, computers, TVs and just about every other electronic device. They also play a … Continue reading →

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Can we Fix Capitalism? Yanis Varoufakis vs Gillian Tett

Yanis Varoufakis and Gilian Tett came to the Intelligence Squared stage in a conversation chaired by Anne McElvoy, to debate whether capitalism is broken and if it needs to be fixed. Tett and Varoufakis both agree that the current model … Continue reading →

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Bug Farm

Four distinct women in Central Florida bond over crickets, superworms and cockroaches on an insect farm in the small town of LaBelle. POV: amdoc.org/pressroom/pov-shorts-season-4-acquisitions/#overview Nowness: nowness.com/story/bug-farm-documentary Booooooom: tv.booooooom.com/2021/07/16/bug-farm-lydia-cornett/ PBS Reel South: reelsouth.org/stories/filmmaker-interview-lydia-cornett-and-her-team-highlight-unique-world-bug-farm 2021 AFI Docs 2021 Aspen Shortsfest 2021 BAMcinemaFest … Continue reading →

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How Is LIDL So Affordable?

How is Lidl So Cheap? is the question we try to explain in today’s video. The supermarket chain is beginning to make its presence felt with increased investment in America and the whole of Europe which made us wonder, how … Continue reading →

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To see Germany’s future, look at its cars | The Economist

s the election approaches, Germany’s carmakers will face the same challenges as its new leaders: a need to innovate, tackle climate change and reassess its trade relationship with China. How this world-renowned motor industry navigates the road ahead could tell … Continue reading →

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The REAL reason employees aren’t returning to work in America.

Many people have their ideas about why workers aren’t going back to work. The reality is that most employers used to sell the implication that what they were offering was a steady paycheck. 2020 made it clear that is NOT … Continue reading →

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How Netflix’s Controversial Philosophy Could Affect Your Next Job

After a year working from home, employees emboldened with a sense of independence are demanding fairness and autonomy in the workplace, and companies are taking note. One strategy long embraced by Buenos Aires-based software company 10Pines has employees deciding what … Continue reading →

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Every Book Lover Should Fear This Graph | Medium

Andy Hunter Andy Hunter Founder and CEO of Bookshop.org Take a look at this graph. The blue is Amazon’s share of book sales in the past six years. The orange is where we are headed if their average growth rate … Continue reading →

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