Tag: crisis
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You Were Warned About Boris
‘I was at a hospital where there were a few coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody’ says Boris Johnson – Tuesday 3 March 2020 Before Tuesday 23rd March 2020… The pandemic was out of control in Italy and Spain, killing thousands, and surging across the globe, prompting a scramble to emulate Chinese-style lockdowns.…
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Robots and Fuel Strikes – What Are People Supposed to Do?
The Role of Work – What Is It? The role of work is at the heart of many societal norms, take the so-called “protestant work ethic”. The current strikes in France, inspired by the fuel tanker driver strike, will have many of a “work ethic” mindset secretly envious but openly tut-tutting. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160526/french-fuel-crisis-4600-petrol-stations-run-dry China, despite its…