Read more about the article Technology Is NOT driving Inequality: An Explanation that Even Economists Can Understand

Technology Is NOT driving Inequality: An Explanation that Even Economists Can Understand

8 minute read "The ending of patent and copyright protections would unambiguously send demand for these highly-skilled people through the floor. If we believe in markets, then the plunge in demand should also send the wages of people with college and advanced degrees in science, engineering, and other STEM areas through the floor," writes Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington D.C. (Feb 5th, 2020)

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Read more about the article We Need to Stop Sucking Up to Elites at Davos: They got us into this climate and economic mess, and only we can get ourselves out

We Need to Stop Sucking Up to Elites at Davos: They got us into this climate and economic mess, and only we can get ourselves out

"the Davos crowd... will listen to a range of voices and then, feeling proud of themselves, they will go back to doing what the 1 percent carries on doing," writes Wanda Wyporska, Executive Director at The Equality Trust,and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of York (Jan. 22nd, 2020)

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Read more about the article Soleimani’s killing evokes dark history of political assassinations in the early days of Shiite Islam

Soleimani’s killing evokes dark history of political assassinations in the early days of Shiite Islam

"Soleimani’s killing is also roiling Iran – including some people who don’t necessarily follow military affairs – for religious and cultural reasons related to the country’s Shii Muslim history," writes Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts Lowell (Jan. 15th, 2020)

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