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5 votes
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A charge on supermarket single-use plastic bags has led to 98% drop in use in England since 2015
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The UK NHS in crisis - evaluating radical alternatives
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How to quickly get to the important truth inside any privacy policy
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Why India's rice ban could trigger a global food crisis
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US President Joe Biden's IRA shuts Africa out of critical minerals supply chains
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Campaign launched on Thursday to boycott the Faroe Islands over their highly controversial slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins
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Denmark is considering banning protests involving burning the Quran or other religious texts over security and diplomatic concerns – Sweden looking to follow suit
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Portugal’s bid to attract foreign money backfires as rental market goes ‘crazy’
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Mastercard move at cannabis shops intensifies call for US decriminalization
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Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon says US President Biden must stop approving new fossil fuel projects
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Bernie Sanders 'disappointed, but not surprised,' as US Senate rejects 10% military spending cut
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California cement industry marks near-term progress on carbon neutrality goals
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The bewildering architecture of skybridges
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US requires airline lavatories to be more accessible for wheelchair users
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Italy needs immigration, admits Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as she softens her stance
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Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out discussion and implementation of more sustainable ways to manage waste
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What the data says about food stamps in the US
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Regarding the eviction of the self-organized refugee camp in Lavrio, Greece. How Türkiye's war on Kurds and the European Union’s War on migrants intersect
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One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology
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How can we make public transit easier for kids?
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Just give kids school lunch
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New Jersey files federal lawsuit to block NYC’s congestion pricing plan; Staten Island sets up legal action
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How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown
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Digging into India's drive to acquire critical minerals
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Cleveland: New city policy would eliminate mandatory parking near transit corridors
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How Portugal decriminalized drugs
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Türkiye is heading for a classic currency crisis. All of its reserves and then some are borrowed.
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Danish environmental campaigner Merijn Tinga has windsurfed up the Thames to return plastic bottles from the UK which he found in Sweden
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A new bill would force internet companies in the USA to spy on their users for the Drug Enforcement Administration
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Why does market fundamentalism have so much clout in economics?
There's a couple of other words that describe what I'm talking about - neoliberalism, lassez-faire capitalism, and in a more general sense, the Chicago school of economics - but I chose market...
There's a couple of other words that describe what I'm talking about - neoliberalism, lassez-faire capitalism, and in a more general sense, the Chicago school of economics - but I chose market fundamentalism because it seemed to best describe precisely what I'm talking about. I mean the belief that the market is capable of self-regulation and that governmental intervention will cause damage to the economy.
I'm asking this because there's still a lot about economics that I don't know about and so I was hoping someone with a background in the subject who would be able to better answer the question. But I realize it's probably also a political question. I wonder if it's more of an issue of our politicians pressing these views than economists and academics.
Personally, with my life's experience, it seems almost obviously wrong. I've lived through several market downturns and even a crash, and looking through history it seems like every market crash can be attributed to the market failing to correct itself.
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EU passes nature restoration law in knife-edge vote
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Some major cities in the US are getting rid of bus fares
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte hands in resignation as Dutch government collapses over asylum row
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Oil is hard to quit, even in Norway where electric cars rule the road
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Barriers to transgender health care lead some to embrace a do-it-yourself approach
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Free transit in Stavanger, Norway, places the city in a growing vanguard of municipalities that have made buses, trains and trams free at point of use
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Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie over South China Sea map
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French government could cut off social media during unrest, says Emmanuel Macron
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China curbs exports of key computer chip materials
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South Koreans become younger overnight after country scraps ‘Korean age’
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Google updates its privacy policy to clarify it can use public data for training AI models
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Denmark's new modular patrol boats will tackle a changing Arctic – here's how the new ships will be designed
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When Sweden joins NATO its submarines will help the alliance redress its vulnerability in northwest Europe – the Baltic Sea
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Wildfires and California: A discussion of mitigation efforts, government policy, insurance and more
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US Supreme Court strikes down President Biden's student loan forgiveness: Now what?
117 votes -
US lifts human rights violation designation on Ethiopia
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Canada to launch 'digital nomad strategy,' other measures to woo international talent
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Denmark delays man-made energy island in North Sea due to high costs – more options for better and cheaper concept will be analyzed
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Renewables are the only reason Texas' power grid hasn't failed during this month's punishing heat wave
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