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Will we end poverty by 2050? Or fix the climate? Or schools? Or housing? Or stop massive military spending? No. But the rich need a fast way to get to the next meeting. 16 February 2022 | Ian Taylor | Science Focus It’s hard to decide whether flying taxis are arriving very late or extremely…
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You have to love these tax-the-rich ‘investigations.’ The conclusions are always the same: Yes, tax the superrich, but it won’t be easy. Photos: Jeff Bezos’ net worth is close to $200 billion.Credit…Jeenah Moon for The New York Times 28 October 2021 | Nicholas Kulish, Ephrat Livni and Emma Goldberg | New York Times It’s the other inflation problem….
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Photo: People haven’t been as irrational during the pandemic as some initially thought. Jennifer M. Mason/Shutterstock 01 July 2021 | Stephen Reicher | The Conversation During the pandemic, a lot of assumptions were made about how people behave. Many of those assumptions were wrong, and they led to disastrous policies. Several governments worried that their pandemic…
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Photo: Not everyone finds it equally easy to follow government guidelines. Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA-EFE, FAL The term “natural disaster”: it’s a misnomer. Disasters occur due to societal failures, not nature. Here are six things we can do now. 21 June 2021 | Ilan Kelman | The Conversation Over 3.5 million dead and counting. Long-term health problems, livelihoods destroyed and a long way…
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