A lot of the points made here could also be applied to the painful and slow democratic transitions being made in some countries in post-colonial Africa. Instability and chaos under the leadership of tyrants and kleptocrats.
For years, Russia depended on trading houses like Trafigura to ferry its oil around the world. Now, the Ukraine invasion tested even their legendary tolerance for risk https://t.co/kbJMyG5mrh via @josephttwallace@eliotwb
The hitchhiker’s guide to co-production: Six ways to link knowledge and action for sustainability
#SustainabilityResearch#Coproduction https://t.co/cYBZZbgsTI
Does competition hurt our environment and most vulnerable workers? @MichMeagher's book talks about the myths of free markets and how current competition policies don't do enough to protect our planet. Check out my recap @equitablegrowth https://t.co/o89NuDE1mB
People who never witnessed war think war is just shooting guns and killing. They forget that War is starvation, War is rape, War is deprivation of movement, War is fear, War is lack of access to healthcare, War is lack of access to wealth, War is Diseases, War is hopelessness...
A global minimum tax on profitable MNCs would ensure that a baseline level of revenue is collected from them. Although this tax would not solve all problems related to corporate tax avoidance and evasion, it would be an important and helpful step. https://t.co/UsYLfSq0dT
@Claudia_Sahm I am so sorry you’ve gone through this. As a woman and a first year undergrad this has been a sobering reminder of what’s ahead. Thank you for sharing.
#Ethiopia: #Raxio kicks off construction of Data Center in #AddisAbeba https://t.co/OUg5xe2mY5 “After extensive design devel't, we are excited to put a spade in the ground and begin construction of what we expect to be our first of several facilities in Ethiopia," Robert Mullins
No amount of clean technology, industrial growth or boosts to GDP will avert the economic and climate crises inextricable to profit-driven extraction. https://t.co/uHI73yzL6x
"China’s influence on the fate of future generations will be far greater than just its role in efforts to address #climatechange," and that merits scrutiny, say @TedNordhaus and @wang_seaver.
https://t.co/waoRvPiXNx @ForeignPolicy
“Any vaccine that comes out of China is going to be a Global Public Good”
China Plans To Sell COVID-19 Vaccines To Other Countries
https://t.co/yaPugD4fOt
HAPPY JUNETEENTH! On this historic day, check out my @FortuneMagazine article featuring 19 phenomenal Black economists, emerging and established to cite in this critical moment in history and moving forward. https://t.co/e13edaduE8 /1
one of my favorite excerpts from my interview with @StephenAtHome. This question he embraces left me stunned when i first read it, and i can’t stop thinking about his answer. It has helped me, and i hope it helps others.
Gen. Museveni thinks he can break me by tormenting my close comrades! Despite court ordering the release of Nubian Li & other campaign team members, they were taken to Makindye military prison in total disregard of the court order & are now being arraigned before a military court
I was interviewed by @Reuters weeks ago: "migrants, who sought work in Lebanon to support families back home, were returning to their countries in a desperate state: They work so hard for years & they go back with zero and have to start over again."
https://t.co/34MFyYpxSF
We don't quite have all of the technologies we need yet for full power sector decarbonization, @shannonosaka pointedly reminds us. We still need a lot more research + development on nuclear, geothermal, energy storage, and carbon capture, and we need it fast.