The "carbon offset" business has a systematic preference for scams. Scams will always be cheaper to implement than really reducing or preventing emissions, so they will prevail in the market for offsets.

Contending that fund manager companies now control the bulk of the capitalist economy, and proposing certain consequences.

If there is going to be a concentrated power in society, it should be a democratic power, not a power of the rich only.

*Government ministers knew about P&O Ferries's plan to slash 800 jobs before staff were informed but were told by officials it would ensure the firm remained "a key player in the UK market for years to come", it was claimed on Saturday.*

The US government stated the conclusion that the Burmese army committed genocide against the Rohingya.

The wealthy countries seem to be converging on agreement to temporarily waive patent obstacles to producing and distributing generic Covid-19 vaccines, but not the trade secrecy. And this excludes tests and treatments.

Not making an exception to the trade secrecy would mean that the would-be generic producers would have to repeat the development of production processes.

As long as we respect and tolerate the propaganda and confusion term "intellectual property", the world will continue to bow down to the Big Pharma companies. We should fund medical research and development in a way that doesn't leave us stuck with monopolies that interfere with use of the results.