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EnvironmentApril 22, 2022
The Global South Is Calling for Climate Reparations
Wealthy nations have largely driven global warming, but it is felt most in countries that have contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions.
Olúfémi O. Táíwò and Patrick Bigger
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EconomyJanuary 6, 2022
Welcoming Our Robot Overlords
Corporations like Amazon have lives of their own—and they control ours.
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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EconomyDecember 30, 2021
Revenge of the Nerds
Has neoliberalism placed political power in the hands of consultants with calculators?
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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EconomyDecember 23, 2021
Founding Godfathers
Mobster Sam Giancana once went as far as to tell his brother that the Mafia and the CIA were “two sides of the same coin.”
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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WorldDecember 20, 2021
Bringing Out the Big Guns
Is it power over the means of violence and coercion that distinguishes the ruling class from the rest of us?
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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EconomyDecember 15, 2021
The Bankers of the Round Table
Over the centuries, the powers that be have tended to be less than shy about many aspects of their global domination.
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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EconomyDecember 10, 2021
Hey Kid, Wanna Buy a City?
Elite economists have been promoting a model of governance resembling nothing so much as a game of Monopoly.
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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EconomyDecember 7, 2021
When the United Fruit Company Tried to Buy Guatemala
How a sitting, elected national government found itself in the position of having to buy its own country.
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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EconomyDecember 2, 2021
How Much Could a Banana Republic Cost?
In a first attempt to determine who really runs the world, a look at the royal families of old.
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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PhilosophyNovember 27, 2021
John Rawls and Liberalism’s Selective Conscience
With its doctrine of fairness, A Theory of Justice transformed political philosophy. But what did it leave out?
Olúfémi O. Táíwò