Daily Links (Doom and Gloom Edition)
Donald Trump’s Year of Living Dangerously
Donald Trump’s Year of Living Dangerously
It’s worse than you think.
www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/02/donald-trump-foreign-policy-analysis-dangerous-216202/
Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong
Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong
The MIT economist Peter Temin argues that economic inequality results in two distinct classes. And only one of them has any power.
www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/economic-inequality/524610/
Earth will start becoming a desert by 2050 if global warming isn’t stopped, study says
Earth will start becoming a desert by 2050 if global warming isn’t stopped, study says
More than 25 percent of Earth will experience serious drought and desertification by the year 2050 if global warming is not curbed, according to a new study by the journal Nature Climate Change.