Finance chiefs say higher taxes for the super-rich are key to battling global inequality and climate crisisBillionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministersWhen the governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund convened for the spring meetings last week, it was all about the really big questions. What can the international community do to accelerate decarbonisation and fight climate change? How can highly indebted countries retain fiscal space to invest in...
We’ve had three prime ministers and three first ministers in as many years. And that doesn’t include the unofficial first minister, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, who fired the gun that brought down Humza Yousaf’s career while shooting himself in the foot. But the incompetence and failures of the Scottish Government have never been down to one man. The chaos in public services isn’t an accident of the last 14 months – it is the outcome of 17 years of SNP failure and 14 years of Tory...
A few days ago, an industry pundit delivered a scathing post against a leading IT consulting firm, stating that instead of retaining the services of this company for millions of dollars, simply use ChatGPT for free. Here's their reasoning: The consultants will simply get their answers or advice from ChatGPT anyway, so simply avoid the third party and go right to ChatGPT.Also: Master AI with no tech skills? Why complex systems demand diverse learningThere's a valuable lesson to anyone hiring or...
Companies are appointing executives to oversee AI. A better approach: infuse the technology throughout the organization.
The real problem for the Sixers in this series is that they have not fully exploited their own advantages. It’s what happens when a team built like the Sixers does not have a third consistent scorer.
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And don’t forget to add the state capital gains tax: the Biden combined federal-state rate would exceed 50% in many states President Biden has formally proposed the highest capital gains tax in over 100 years. Here is a direct quote from the Biden 2025 budget proposal: “Together, the proposals would increase the top marginal rate
The good people of Mojacar are calling on all animal lovers to volunteer their services for a humane cause. An alert has been posted on the Mojacar Society’s Facebook platform asking for all cat lovers in the vicinity to please get in touch. In an effort to improve the lives of residents and the town’s […]
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This Passover, we don’t need or want the false idol of Zionism. We want freedom from the project that commits genocide in our nameI’ve been thinking about Moses, and his rage when he came down from the mount to find the Israelites worshipping a golden calf.The ecofeminist in me was always uneasy about this story: what kind of God is jealous of animals? What kind of God wants to hoard all the sacredness of the Earth for himself? Continue reading