Useful 'barbarians' are an addiction politicians take advantage of
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The polycrisis industrial complex
LONDON/OXFORD — In Constantine Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians”, the much-feared barbarians never turn up. “Now, what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?” the poem asks. “Those people were a kind of solution.”
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The mysteries of seaweeds and stars, and other reads: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
Source: nature.com
'Wreckonomics' & The Polycrisis Industrial Complex
'Wreckonomics' & The Polycrisis Industrial Complex Authored by David Keen and Ruben Andersson via Project Syndicate, The “war on terror,” the “war on drugs,”…
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Book Review: Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan – the repeated futility of war laid bare
Groundbreaking and extensive research conducted by two prominent scholars delves into the reasons behind the prevalence of ineffective policies
Source: businesspost.ie
Wreckonomics by Ruben Andersson and David Keen: Treat every major problem like a war and it will only end in defeat
Open any newspaper and you’ll be left with two impressions. Firstly, the world is a mess of wars, drugs, illegal immigration, climate change, health emergencies and other endless crises. Secondly, plenty of people are sure that everything could be solved if everyone just did as they said.
Source: independent.ie
Why are politicians fixated with declaring war?
From Ukraine to Gaza, to more metaphorical culture wars and war on motorists, politicians like using the w word
Source: spectator.co.uk
Senior worker staying power, Starlink's stellar growth
Plus: Google gets a good deal in Canada
Democratic Republic Of The Congo United States Heather Landy David Keen Catherine Baab Muguira Alfred Hermida
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'Weapons of mass migration': how states exploit the failure of migration policies | Migration
<strong>The long read</strong>: Just like the war on drugs and the war on terror, efforts at stopping population movement by force often just fuel the problem. But for many claiming to confront the perceived threat, that suits all too well
Source: theguardian.com
First Thing: House authorizes impeachment inquiry as Biden decries 'baseless political stunt' |
House Republicans rally behind inquiry despite failure to find evidence, while Democrats stand united in opposition. Plus, UN agency says conditions in Gaza now ‘hell on earth’
Source: theguardian.com