The Daily Shaarli

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June 14, 2022

The scissors of slump – Michael Roberts Blog
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The scissor blades between falling profitability and rising debt costs are closing and will eventually cut investment, jobs, prices and wages.

How Canada’s grocery ‘cartel’ doubled its profits while food bank lines grew ⋆ The Breach
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Could taxing excess profits of grocery chains and other corporate profiteers help with an affordability crisis?

Ukraine war: When you are in a hole, stop digging
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From the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western media have systematically misrepresented developments on the battlefield. Time and again, major media organizations have cited military ‘experts’ from NATO armies and officials from Western governments to support the false claim that Ukraine is either winning the war or has battled Russian forces to a standstill.

Privatization is a climate killer
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Governments are trying to convince us that privatization and so-called public-private partnerships (P3s) are solutions to the climate crisis. But don’t believe the hype. As the Council of Canadians has written previously, P3s delay climate action, cost more, deliver less, and lack accountability. Privatization isn’t a climate solution; it’s climate injustice. Here are six reasons why.

Capitalism in crisis: World Bank report paints grim picture - Spring
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The World Bank outlines the crisis conditions enveloping global capitalism. The question before us is who will pay for the coming recession.