Good resource:
https://www.nber.org/
https://www.nber.org/
NBER
National Bureau of Economic Research
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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In Africa : "Weapons supplied to Ukraine from Western countries are "starting to flow" into the Lake Chad basin region, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari warned this week. (Dec 2022).
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/weapons-delivered-to-ukraine-beginning-to-filter-to-africa
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/weapons-delivered-to-ukraine-beginning-to-filter-to-africa
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"Weapons shipped [by various countries] to Ukraine have also been found in Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands," NBI Detective Superintendent Christer Ahlgren told Yle.
https://yle.fi/a/3-12670239
https://yle.fi/a/3-12670239
News
NBI suspects arms sent to Ukraine might be in criminal hands
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) says their preliminary intelligence suggests some weapons sent to Ukraine might have fallen into criminal hands in Finland.
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🔹The Dutch 🇳🇱 gov't is considering plans to restrict cattle numbers to two cows per football pitch-sized field, (“0.35 hectares of grassland per livestock 🐄 unit”) putting them on a collision course with the country’s farmers. The aim is to reduce methane & nitrogen emissions, produced by manure and fertiliser.
🔹Farmers are incensed by the plans to limit their livestock numbers, especially in the south of the Netherlands, where about 3.5 cows per football field graze.
🔹 Talks between the gov't & farmers on reaching a deal to reform Dutch farming 🚜 and reduce agriculture-related 'pollution' will continue in June after efforts this week failed to reach an agreement.
Previous nitrogen policy developments in the Netherlands:
💠 The EU 🇪🇺 has approved 2 schemes (LBV & LBV plus) with a total budget of €1.47 billion euros to compensate farmers for the closure of their holdings.
💠 Over 10,000 Dutch farmers 🚜 protested in The Hague on March 11th against the nitrogen policy.
💠 Dutch farmers protests end in clashes with police 🚓 & arrests.
💠 The Dutch gov't plans to buy & close down, up to 3,000 farms near environmentally sensitive areas.
💠 🇳🇱 Farmers Defence Force, representing 8 agro-organisations, (95% of the industry), locked out of the 1st round of negotiations.
💠 Multiple protests previously erupted over the gov't's draconian nitrogen oxides curbing plan.
Video source - Eva Vlaardingerbroek (The chairman of Farmers Defense Force, Mark van den Oever, has called on farmers to “prepare for battle”.)
🔹Farmers are incensed by the plans to limit their livestock numbers, especially in the south of the Netherlands, where about 3.5 cows per football field graze.
🔹 Talks between the gov't & farmers on reaching a deal to reform Dutch farming 🚜 and reduce agriculture-related 'pollution' will continue in June after efforts this week failed to reach an agreement.
Previous nitrogen policy developments in the Netherlands:
💠 The EU 🇪🇺 has approved 2 schemes (LBV & LBV plus) with a total budget of €1.47 billion euros to compensate farmers for the closure of their holdings.
💠 Over 10,000 Dutch farmers 🚜 protested in The Hague on March 11th against the nitrogen policy.
💠 Dutch farmers protests end in clashes with police 🚓 & arrests.
💠 The Dutch gov't plans to buy & close down, up to 3,000 farms near environmentally sensitive areas.
💠 🇳🇱 Farmers Defence Force, representing 8 agro-organisations, (95% of the industry), locked out of the 1st round of negotiations.
💠 Multiple protests previously erupted over the gov't's draconian nitrogen oxides curbing plan.
Video source - Eva Vlaardingerbroek (The chairman of Farmers Defense Force, Mark van den Oever, has called on farmers to “prepare for battle”.)
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Some recommended books:
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power --Joel Bakan
The Shock Doctrine -- Naomi Klein
No Logo -- Naomi Klein
Understanding Power --Noam Chomsky
Empire of Capital --Ellen Meiksins Wood
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man --John Perkins
PR!: A Social History of Spin--Stuart Ewen
All Consuming Images: The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture--Stuart Ewen
Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture--Stuart Ewen
Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes--Jacques Ellul
Whose Trade Organization?: The Comprehensive Guide to the WTO--Lori Wallach
GLOBALIZE THIS! The Battle Against the World Trade Organization and Corporate Rule. -- Kevin Danaher
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy Kevin Bales
Globalization and Its Discontents—Joseph Stiglitz
First World, Ha, Ha, Ha!-- Elaine Katzenberger
When Corporations Rule the World--- David Korten
The End of Corporate Imperialism---C. K. Prahalad
Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II--Updated Through 2003—William Blum
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power --Joel Bakan
The Shock Doctrine -- Naomi Klein
No Logo -- Naomi Klein
Understanding Power --Noam Chomsky
Empire of Capital --Ellen Meiksins Wood
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man --John Perkins
PR!: A Social History of Spin--Stuart Ewen
All Consuming Images: The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture--Stuart Ewen
Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture--Stuart Ewen
Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes--Jacques Ellul
Whose Trade Organization?: The Comprehensive Guide to the WTO--Lori Wallach
GLOBALIZE THIS! The Battle Against the World Trade Organization and Corporate Rule. -- Kevin Danaher
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy Kevin Bales
Globalization and Its Discontents—Joseph Stiglitz
First World, Ha, Ha, Ha!-- Elaine Katzenberger
When Corporations Rule the World--- David Korten
The End of Corporate Imperialism---C. K. Prahalad
Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II--Updated Through 2003—William Blum
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🔹Moldova 🇲🇩 - The Grayzone has exclusively obtained video recordings of numerous well-connected figures within Chisinau’s political and business community openly – and gloatingly – testifying to rank malfeasance within the country’s government and economy, while outlining various schemes to enrich Western investors for an appropriate fee.
🔹In the recordings, pranksters posing as wealthy US business people contacted multiple Moldovan officials, one being Moldovan politician and lawyer Stanislav Pavlovschi, asking for assistance in securing a gigantic return for investing $50 million in Chisinau. Pavlovschi, a former European 🇪🇺 Court of Human Rights judge and self-styled human rights defender reveals that the US ambassador 'governs' Moldova.
🔹In a next recording, investment professional Olga Melniciuc, who formerly worked as a consultant to the Moldovan state economic council assured the pranksters that Moldova has EU & US 🇺🇸 backing so there are no obstacles to investing.
Last reported on this channel:
💠 Moldovan 🇲🇩 police raided the central election commission of Gagauzia, alleging irregularities after a politician championing better relations with Russia🇷🇺 , and not the EU 🇪🇺, won the local gubernatorial vote.
💠 Ex-Moldovan President Igor Dodon has voiced concerns over a possible provocation against Transnistria by Ukraine🇺🇦 .
💠 Feb 19th '23 Moldovan protestors call for resignation of president Maya Sandu.
💠 Moldovan PM N. Gavrilita resigned & was replaced with an even more pro-EU PM. Moldova forced several Russian-language media outlets to shut down after not renewing their broadcasting licenses.
Video source - The Grayzone.
🔹In the recordings, pranksters posing as wealthy US business people contacted multiple Moldovan officials, one being Moldovan politician and lawyer Stanislav Pavlovschi, asking for assistance in securing a gigantic return for investing $50 million in Chisinau. Pavlovschi, a former European 🇪🇺 Court of Human Rights judge and self-styled human rights defender reveals that the US ambassador 'governs' Moldova.
🔹In a next recording, investment professional Olga Melniciuc, who formerly worked as a consultant to the Moldovan state economic council assured the pranksters that Moldova has EU & US 🇺🇸 backing so there are no obstacles to investing.
Last reported on this channel:
💠 Moldovan 🇲🇩 police raided the central election commission of Gagauzia, alleging irregularities after a politician championing better relations with Russia
💠 Ex-Moldovan President Igor Dodon has voiced concerns over a possible provocation against Transnistria by Ukraine
💠 Feb 19th '23 Moldovan protestors call for resignation of president Maya Sandu.
💠 Moldovan PM N. Gavrilita resigned & was replaced with an even more pro-EU PM. Moldova forced several Russian-language media outlets to shut down after not renewing their broadcasting licenses.
Video source - The Grayzone.
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BT, a British telecom giant, wants to cut between 40 - 50 THOUSAND jobs during the next decade. That's almost half of the company's current personnel totalling about 130,000 people, including both staff and contractors.
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