Global Labor Mobility between Shrinking and Growing Labor Forces
Lant Pritchett Αlmost a half-century ago, Robert McNamara (1977), then president of the World Bank, stoked “population bomb” fears saying: “Short of thermonuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces over the decades immediately ahead.” With the total fertility rate in most countries already below, or rapidly nearing, replacement, such predictions […]
Billionaires Gone Wild
Paul Krugman A few stories about centibillionaires — men whose net worth exceeds $100 billion — and their role in our society: · In 2022 Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, purchased Twitter. Since then he has turned the platform into a racist cesspool, overrun by literal Nazis. · Last year Skydance Media, run by David […]
Κι εμείς της Λίβερπουλ υπερθεματίζουμε
Αντιγράφω επιστολή αναγνώστη στην Γκάρντιαν της 17 Φεβρουαρίου 2026, επιστολή η οποία δημοσιεύθηκε υπό τον τίτλο “Jim Ratcliffe’s repugnant words have sullied Manchester United’s reputation”. Δυστυχώς, τα κρούσματα ρατσισμού στο ποδόσφαιρο, συχνά ακόμη και από ποδοσφαιριστές προς αντίπαλους ομοτέχνους, δεν λένε να εκλείψουν. “In response to the billionaire industrialist and Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe’s […]