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Posted on 12 August 202012 August 2020 by ilagardien

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Financial Times

UK’s Ministry of Defence accused of failing servicewomen
‘Even Brexit wasn’t this bad’: traffic-free schemes split neighbourhood
Conservatives have taken their chance to embrace big budget deficits
Richard Carapaz takes cycling gold for Ecuador
The rise of Latinx artists in Los Angeles

Branko Milanovic Personal Blog

Is Norway the new East India Company?
In the eighteenth century, English-led East India Company gradually managed to gain control of most of India. Its rule was a disaster for India, but made many directors and stockholders of the company exceedingly rich. The wealth enabled many of them to play important roles in English political, intellectual and business life. As Adam Smith, […]
On luxury
Is luxury consumption bad? Should it be limited? At the time of high inequality, and especially inequality driven by the very top of income distribution (1 percent and higher) these are legitimate questions. The answer however is not easy. Keynes in his famous opening of The Economic Consequences of the Peace speaks of a social […]
Towards global progressiveness
Is it possible to define a series of approaches to global problems for the group of people who may be called “global progressives” (GPs)? Before I try to answer this question, I need to define the terms. “Progressive” is meant to include all those who identify with broad left-wing movements, from Marxists to social democrats […]
NEP after Deng
In the first chapter of Volume 3 of Main Currents of Marxism Leszek Kolakowski discusses practical and theoretical disagreements regarding the development of the USSR after the October Revolution and the Civil War. Although Kolakowski’s main focus is, as implied by the title of his work, on ideology, economics –at least in that period—played an […]
How China escaped, and Eastern Europe was felled by, the Volcker shock
In an excellent book “How China Escaped Shock Therapy” at whose launch I was one of the discussants (together with Jamie Galbraith and Bin Wong) Isabella Weber discusses, among other things, how China escaped shock therapy and the Big Bang, and created, or stumbled upon, its own way to economic growth. Weber mentions only in […]

BBC World News

R. Kelly accused of abusing teenage boy he met in McDonald's
Covid: Delta variant spreads globally as cases soar
Nigeria's hipster herders - the funky Fulanis
ICYMI: World's deepest pool and a royal ritual resumes
Tokyo Olympics: The youngest athletes, past and present

Channelnews Asia

Olympics-Triathlon-With only one Brownlee to beat, Tokyo field can dream of gold
Robinhood CEO says he is considering offering US retirement accounts
GM, Cruise sue Ford to block use of 'BlueCruise' name for hands-free driving
Tokyo Olympics opening draws 16.7 million viewers for NBC, a 33-year low
127 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Singapore; new cluster linked to Samy's Curry at Dempsey

Singapore Straits Times

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 25
Big protests mark global anger at Covid-19 restrictions
Another presidential hopeful arrested in Nicaragua
60 Cubans prosecuted so far over protests, says official
So-called smoke shade from other wildfires helps crews fight biggest US blaze
Angered by Covid-19 response, Brazilians protest against Bolsonaro
Two Chinese face prosecution in DR Congo over beating of illegal miners
Greek police clash with protesters in rally against mandatory coronavirus vaccinations
A grandfather died in 'swatting' after refusing to sell Twitter handle, US officials say
Protests across Italy against Covid-19 vaccine certificates

Business Times

Femtech: More than periods and pregnancy
TO believe that "femtech" is just about menstrual or fertility-tracking apps is passe.
Singapore office rents continue to rise in Q2
DESPITE continued contraction in net office demand and rising vacancies, office rents continued to rise in the second quarter, based on the latest official data.
SingPost to begin trial of electric motorcycles
SINGPOST is about to begin using two electric motorcycles for mail delivery here, as it looks for ways to clean up its environmental act. The Business Times understands that the company will take delivery of a pair of Iona Rap electric tricycles next week, each with the capacity for up to 50kg of cargo.
S$1.1b package to aid workers, businesses hit by tighter Covid-19 measures
THE government will enhance its support measures through a S$1.1 billion support package to aid workers and businesses as Singapore returned to Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).
Outlook remains challenging for retail space even as rental decline slows
THE rental decline for retail space in Singapore's central region slowed to 0.5 per cent in the second quarter over the previous quarter.

The Economist

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Malay Mail

Sputnik Forest Labs: The name is not the only cool thing about this Penang spatial and landscape consultant
Nearly 60,000 Felda settlers agree to conditional loan adjustment, says Mustapa
Empty syringe issue: Police urge recipients to lodge report

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