Category: Economics
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Amid mass strikes, France’s Morenoite Révolution permanente group embraces capitalist rule For nearly two months, mass protest strikes by millions of workers and youth have continued in France against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension cuts. Three-quarters of the French people oppose the cuts, and 60 percent want a general strike to halt the economy and bring down Macron. Amid the greatest…
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Take Me Home
This January, I moved with my wife and four month old to Amsterdam for what could finally be a permanent job. I’ve been laughing because my dream was to live in Europe, particularly Amsterdam, began when I watched The Carter documentary in grad school. It opens with someone asking Lil’ Wayne’s manager, “So why Amsterdam?”…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Ayahuasca, ‘source of knowledge’ in the heart of the Amazon “We were inspired by the wisdom of the ancients and the knowledge of yage” which he started drinking at the age of five, said Alex Lucitante. #Ayahuasca #SacrePlant #SouthAmerica #Ancestors Southern California delights in rare snowfall as winter storm intensifies In a sight that must…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US secures deal on Philippines bases to complete arc around China In an editorial published to coincide with the arrival of the US defense secretary in Manila, China’s state-run Global Times accused the US of “setting a trap for the Philippines” and “trying to push the Philippines to the frontline of confrontation with China”.”We are…