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Billionaires
I don’t mind that there are 1426 billionaires in the world (83 of them members of China’s parliament). Given a total world population of 7 billion people, that is a small fraction. I don’t mind that the richest is Carlos Slim, the Mexican oil magnate with a fortune of $73 billion, in a country where…
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Parks For The Wrong Reason?
A sliver of land in the harbor area of Los Angles, large enough for two jungle gyms, some benches and a wall is being turned into a pocket park. The reason: So that 33 released sex offenders who live a block away will have to move. The city and the state have laws that they…
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Land Grabbing
Land grabbing is the term coined to refer to foreign investors buying or leasing farmlands in the developing world. As the world population keeps growing and the demand for food grows along with it, there is surging demand for food crops. The profits of course go to the investors at the expense of local populations.…
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