The National Diet of Japan made a very strange move this past week: They ratified the TPP. Strange, that is, because the TPP is dead. President-Elect Trump has already said he is committed to pulling the US out of the deal on day one in office. Did Japan not get the message? The TPP’s kicked Read More…
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It’s Time for a Redistribution of Wealth; A One Time Emergency Transfer From the 1% to the People
The biggest financial companies such as Deutsche Bank are struggling or collapsing and have been since 2008. They have been subsidized by public money. They are now kiting items on their balance sheets to postpone the inevitable. The population of Greece voted 60% in favor last year, of the government not accepting a bailout package Read More…
How the World’s Biggest Polluters are Two Trade Deals Away from Steamrolling Climate Protections
When TransCanada announced at the start of the year that it that it was demanding compensation under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rules for the Obama administration’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, many observers saw it as a sign of things to come. Indeed, critics of two pending trade deals—the Trans-Pacific Partnership Read More…