Le relazioni tra crescita della disuguaglianza economica e risultati del voto nelle elezioni presidenziali sono analizzate in un nuovo studio a livello dei singoli stati degli Usa negli ultimi vent’anni. Cattive notizie in arrivo per i democratici.
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What a War With Iran Would Look Like
Neither side wants a fight, but that doesn’t eliminate the danger. The United States may stumble into the kind of regime change operation it carried out in Iraq and Libya, but this time on a much larger scale. Da Reuters.
The World Trade Organization Is Dying. What Should Replace It?
Two decades after the protests in Seattle, the Two has failed to deliver on its promises. And more than the rules we have a hyperglobalization. Dal New York Times.
Solar, wind and hydro power could soon surpass coal
L’energia solare e eolica negli Stati Uniti nel 2021 potrebbe superare quella prodotta dal carbone, prevede l’Institute for Energy Economic and Financial Analysis. Da Cnn Business.
Capitalismo, tecnologie digitali, Usa, Cina
La nuova era capitalistica sotto la lente d’ingrandimento di due studiosi – Shoshana Zuboff e Kai-Fu Lee – che tratteggiano i contorni del futuro inquietante che ci attende.
How America can both challenge and coexist with China
Affinities and differences between the logic of the Cold War and the current competition between the US and China by the magazine of geostrategic studies Foreign Affairs.
US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries…
If the US military were a country, its fuel usage alone would make it the 47th largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, sitting between Peru and Portugal.
Nation’s first opioid trial begins..
Si è aperto il primo processo contro grandi case farmaceutiche per le responsabilità nella crisi degli oppioidi che ha colpito gli Usa, avviata dallo Stato dell’Oklahoma contro il colosso Johnson & Johnson. Politico
Profitable giants like Amazon pay $0 in corporate taxes
The 30 most profitable companies paid no federal income taxes in 2018 and often received tax rebates that could be used to reduce their tax burdens in other years. nytimes
Green New Deal
Che cos’è il Green New Deal, il pacchetto di interventi per rendere sostenibili l’economia e la società americane. Troppo vago? Socialdemocratico? E quali possibilità ha di essere approvato. rivistailmulino.it