According to the World Bank, Israel spends 4.3% of its GDP on military expenditures. This is in addition to the $3.8 billion in foreign military aid to Israel that the U.S. provides. With calls to defund the police growing in the U.S. in response to ongoing police violence and a growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement, it’s time to rethink these numbers.
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Is Wall Street Behind the Delay in Declaring the Coronavirus Outbreak a “Pandemic”?
Is Wall Street Behind the Delay in Declaring the Coronavirus Outbreak a “Pandemic”? | Covert Geopolitics
— Read on geopolitics.co/2020/02/27/is-wall-street-behind-the-delay-in-declaring-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-pandemic/
Iran’s only had 43 deaths as of 2/29/20.
Anger over World Bank’s $55m pledge to Guyana’s fossil fuel industry
The IMF and the World Bank: How Do They Differ?
The IMF and the World Bank: How Do They Differ?
— Read on www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/exrp/differ/differ.htm
‘Pandemic bonds’ are latest idea to beat disease
World Bank raises debt whose payments can be diverted from investors in emergency
— Read on archive.is/CnYja
Why Pandemic Bonds Aren’t Such A Bad Idea
WSJ – The Painful Problem of Pandemic Bonds
Breakingviews – Pandemic bonds are the sick man of finance
$425M in World Bank catastrophe bonds set to default if coronavirus declared a pandemic by June
Catastrophe Bonds Signal Coronavirus Nearing Pandemic Status
What the Coronavirus Means for the World’s First Pandemic Bonds
$250 trillion debt burden weighs on global economy in 2020
Concerns about global debt are heightening from the office of World Bank President, David Malpass, as the obligations exceeded a $250 trillion mark in 2019.
— Read on t.guardian.ng/business-services/250-trillion-debt-burden-weighs-on-global-economy-in-2020/
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