(The following was sent by ITUC Washington representative Peter Bakvis and deserves wider distribution.) In partnership with Wall Street investment bank JP Morgan, the World Bank has launched a food commodity hedging facility that is supposed to provide “$4 billion in protection from volatile food prices for farmers, food producers, and consumers in developing countries”. […]
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Excited Delirium: How Canada Can Cut About $3 Billion – The Easy Way
Funding to the IMF should be cut off.
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Do Wages or Profits Lead Growth?
Earlier this month, I served as the discussant for a presentation by Engelbert Stockhammer, an economics professor from Kingston University in London. He was speaking at a conference organized by the workers’ representation to the International Labour Organization (ACTRAV). Stockhammer reviewed two antithetical strategies for economic growth. The pro-labour strategy aims to increase wages by […]
Continue readingopenalex: The Big Picture Approach to Cities and Climate Change
It was former London Mayor Ken Livingstone who started the ball rolling in 2007 when he announced that “Urban areas are responsible for over 75 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, so the battle to prevent catastrophic climate change will be won or …
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