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The distinguished economist talks about the power of entropy in shaping a new economic reality and viewing current events. His new book challenges flawed mainstream models that lead to distortions and bad policy.
Humanitarian NGOs routinely blur the line between public service and profit-seeking ventures, forming alliances with corporations and for-profit entities to expand their financial and political reach.
According to Gates, allowing humans to grow food and contribute to society by making things is a “problem” that needs to be “solved.”
Under the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the President and the military can detain and imprison American citizens with no access to friends, family or the courts if the government believes them to be a terrorist.
Critics argue that the agency’s work with a lobbying group is a conflict of interest.
For many decades, the mirror of science has become increasingly blurred by a storm of vested interests, particularly when research and the communication of results are linked to large corporations.