Prabhat Patnaik | The American establishment and the new cold-warriors of that country put the blame on the Sri Lankan government’s developing close economic relations with China (and we shall no doubt hear much more of it in the coming days); others blame the sheer “irresponsibility” of the government which is accused of “sleeping” when Sri Lanka’s external debt was building up.

A tax loophole so bad that President Trump had it partly closed in the United States is still wide open in Canada. The business meals and entertainment expense deduction allows businesses to deduct half the cost of restaurant meals and drinks, private boxes and tickets to sporting events and concerts, and much more. Some forms of meal and entertainment expenses such as office parties can even be fully deductible.

Ukraine’s resources are being stretched to their limit by military and humanitarian needs. Analysts say the country’s economy could be cut nearly in half this year.

At only 19 years old, Joe Thompson is one of the youngest lead organizers with Starbucks Workers United (SWU), the umbrella organization at the forefront of one of the most exciting labor successes of the last few years. Thompson, who started working at the coffee chain at age 16, told me in a recent interview, “Starbucks likes to claim it’s super-progressive, and a lot of workers there are, but we’re the ones actually holding Starbucks accountable to that standard.”