Author Archives: Danielle Park

Food waste: fresh policies needed

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Danielle Park

France has made it illegal for supermarkets to waste food, and Italy is offering tax breaks when businesses donate leftovers.  Some U.S. states are tackling waste. In the past two years Massachusetts and California banned businesses from wasting food. Internationally, … Continue reading →

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Germany votes to ban sale of ‘ICE’ vehicles within 13 years

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Danielle Park

Thanks to the leadership of Elon Musk and Tesla–who history will undoubtedly record as a hero–the world is moving into an ICE- free (internal combustion engine) future at last. Germany-the country who has led the world in automotive engineering since … Continue reading →

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China: vendor-take-back financier to global debt bubble

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Danielle Park

China has provided several forms of vendor-take-back financing for the western credit/consumption bubble 2005-2015.  First by recycling its export profits back into US and European treasury bonds (which kept rates low and allowed more borrowing in the west), then by … Continue reading →

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