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Economy and ecology

The G7's tax reform could entrench global inequality

While the G7 tax compromise has been hailed as ‘historic’, it would do little for countries in the Global South. But changes are still possible

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Economy and ecology

The G7 tax clampdown

With the historic G7 deal, hyper-globalisation’s rules – under which countries compete to offer corporations ever-sweeter deals – are being re-written

By Dani Rodrik

Reuters

Democracy and society

The Trump of Samoa

The Samoan people have elected a female prime minister. Yet the incumbent, shielded by the disinterest of the West, refuses to accept the result

By Oliver Hasenkamp

Reuters

Democracy and society

Back to normality?

Countries with high vaccination rates are slowly lifting all restrictions. Is this the return to normality? Dispatches from the UK, Israel and the US

By Christos Katsioulis, Micky Drill, Knut Dethlefsen

PXhere

Democracy and society

Why we need experts

With social media, echo chambers are increasingly replacing nuanced debate. But listening to expert opinion has never been more important

By Pia Bungarten, Reinhard Krumm

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

A nuclear war must never be fought

The risk of nuclear war is real. A ‘no first use’ policy of nuclear weapons would actually bolster US security — and underpin its global leadership role

By Ramesh Thakur

Pexels

Interviews

'Replace the race to the bottom by a race to the top'

Do globalisation and inequality have to go hand in hand? Gabriel Zucman argues that this doesn't have to be the case — if we re-think our tax systems

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Future of social democracy

What is the price of a life?

A decade after the economic crash and a year into a global pandemic, some of us are still more equal than others — and inequality is still on the rise

By Kate Pickett

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Biden's America is no climate leader

The US administration doesn't recognise America's true responsibility in the climate crisis. Hence, it can't lead the cause for global climate justice

By Michael Davies-Venn

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Russia’s Sputnik diplomacy

While Western countries were busy with their own vaccination campaigns, Russia has filled the leadership vacuum in developing countries

By Valentina Lares