Monopoly round-up: Price gouging vs price fixing vs price controls
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Digital apartheid in Gaza: Unjust content moderation at the request of Israel’s cyber unit
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According to demographic projections, people leaving Sweden are set to outnumber immigrants this year – government says this is thanks to its restrictive migration policies
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What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? A comparison between the German energy policy the last twenty years and an alternative policy of investing in nuclear power.
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Why scrapping VAT on sunscreen and public EV charging would be an expensive waste of money
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Sweden's snitch law immigration plan prompts alarm across society – forcing public sector workers to report undocumented people decried as utterly inhumane
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The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the 'unsubscribe' button
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Apple’s requirements (subscription model only) to hit creators and fans on Patreon
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Sustainable US transit advocates unite for Kamala Harris-Tim Walz — and against Donald Trump’s embrace of fossil fuel
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Brussels slaps down Thierry Breton over ‘harmful content’ letter to Elon Musk [as it was not approved by the European Commission]
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Léna Lazare is the new face of climate activism—and she's carrying a pickax
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Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its economy twofold. How have they done it?
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Google and Meta struck secret ads deal to target teenagers
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Recreational marijuana sales in Ohio can start Tuesday at nearly 100 locations
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A tax break for Washington State data centers promised jobs. Now there are questions about whether the costs are worth it.
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Cambodia PM launches project linking Mekong River to sea via canal
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A radical fix for Britain’s housing crisis: A new offshore city
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IKEA has been accused of contributing to the rapid deterioration of Romania's biologically rich forests – campaigners say suppliers benefitting from corrupt environment in the country
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Google to charge new fee on ads in response to Canada’s digital services tax
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‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis
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In historic move, US to upgrade military command structure in Japan
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Governor Gavin Newsom orders homeless sweeps throughout California
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Climate hero or villain? As it rapidly adopts clean technologies while drilling furiously for oil and gas, Norway is a paradox.
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Scott Galloway - "The Algebra of Wealth"
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Finland's deportation law puts EU's migration norms to the test – human rights organizations sound the alarm over the controversial measure
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Tech giants should be made subject to a global tax for their use of people's personal data, according to Norway's Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
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What to know about the proposed Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing in the US Congress
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Jessica Valenti (Abortion, Every Day) summarizing Kamala Harris' position on abortion rights
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Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX and X from California to Texas, blames new trans privacy law
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Tony Blair wants us to stop worrying and embrace AI
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IVF alone can’t save us from a looming fertility crisis
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US appeals court blocks all of Joe Biden's SAVE student debt relief plan
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Does market failure justify government intervention? (with Michael Munger)
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Sweden paying grandparents to babysit
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Helsinki's incredibly well executed Jokeri light rail project – finished way ahead of schedule and costs lower than initially budgeted
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Finnish lawmakers narrowly approved controversial bill that will allow border guards to turn away third-country migrants attempting to enter from neighboring Russia
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Crunchyroll announces the removal of its comment section across all platforms to 'reduce harmful content'
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Colombia warns about danger for migrants after Panama closes Darien routes
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Canada cannot afford another lost economic decade
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Labour lifts Tories’ ‘absurd’ ban on UK onshore windfarms
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Singapore couples are marrying earlier to buy homes, leading some to regret
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Kansas Supreme Court reaffirms abortion rights are protected by constitution, striking down two laws
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The government of Cuba declares itself in a ‘war-time economy’
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Swedes take a new step in parental leave. Grandparents can now get paid to take care of grandkids.
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Denmark's plan to eliminate parallel societies has drawn criticism as ethnic discrimination. Others in Europe may be watching.
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Finland's PM Petteri Orpo urged parliament not to weaken a deportation bill that would allow Finnish border authorities to refuse to accept asylum applications in certain circumstances
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Los Angeles’s mayor was contemplating a mask ban. She just got Covid.
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.
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Danish government makes new pact with youth organisations to protect children in the EU from the addictive design of social media and tech giants' business models
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International scheme to tax billionaires’ wealth technically feasible, study [by Gabriel Zucman] finds
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