In this next of a series of reviews of some important books published this year, I look at Branco Milanovic’s Visions of Inequality.
Visions of inequality
Tag: Regulation
Railroad worker eviscerates Biden for pushing Middle East railway project: ‘Slap in our face’
Elections & Lithium Mining: Why is the US Suddenly Running ‘Get Out the Vote Ads’ in Nigeria?
Elections & Lithium Mining: Why is the US Suddenly Running ‘Get Out the Vote Ads’ in Nigeria?
Last year, US-based electric vehicle company Tesla put in a bid for a contract to mine some of that Lithium, but the Nigerian government denied them. Nigeria, like most African countries, has a history of foreign powers exploiting them for their national resources while offering little value to the people of Nigeria.
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The real story behind Facebook’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week
The real story behind Facebook’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week
Interestingly, some policy organizations have argued that “stripping this law away could entrench reigning tech giants because it would make it harder for smaller social media platforms with fewer content moderation resources to operate without facing costly lawsuits.”
Plenty more subs in the sea: AUKUS nuclear deal could end up pushing Russia and China closer together but dividing Europe
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Social media: How might it be regulated?
Social media: How might it be regulated?
Another excuse for Big Tech censorship! 😡
Regulate Big Tech, Microsoft’s Brad Smith Says; Democracy Is At Stake : NPR
Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. “Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology,” he says.
— Read on www.npr.org/2019/09/13/760478177/microsoft-president-democracy-is-at-stake-regulate-big-tech
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