This depicts the interesting tension between social democracy and liberalism. When right-wing regimes don't provide enough support in the face of global challenges, the people want more government support and that's Lula is surging in polls.

This is an utterly fascinating development! Using decentralized currency basically gives Iran an out from the sanctions that are harming the value of its currency. It marks a step towards globalization as nations and political situations are becoming more blended and also seemingly less relevant.

This article complements my previous Diigo post on how increased economic power in Asian countries is changing the global center of gravity. In "loaning" Sri Lanka money, China is making them more subservient and getting their foot in the door in the country to use them as a source of labor and natural resources.

This is an interesting commentary that illustrates how the balance of global power is shifting to Asia as those countries exert a stronger commercial and trade influence in the once-Western process known as globalization.

It seems as though Diigo is having a glitch. The article is titled: "What 'Squid Game' tells us about the changing face of globalisation."

Germany created a new government coalition, with 2 parties left of center and 1 to the rightish. The leader has a very progressive agenda but not everyone in the coalition or the older German population is on board, so it will be interesting to see how the coming years play out.

I'm very curious to see how this situation plays out: how much governmental control will people put up with. Do you think there could be another lockdown if the strain is virus resistant? Or do you think this could be runious to current political regimes?

We haven't spent a ton of time discussing how leaders pander to and try to please people and how that fits into the larger political and economic systems of the world, but I think this a relevant and timely example.

This election is the perfect example of a dictatorship run under the guise of fair and free democracy: political opponents were jailed and most likely the vote counting was very corrupt. This is what happens when there's a lack of checks and balances by other people and government and the population as a whole.

Despite huge beauracracy in Brazil, increasing internet use and global investors over the past decade combined with the emergence of the pandemic have led to a climate that has tons of investment into new ideas.

High interest rates, inflation, and a lack of confidence in the recovery from the pandemic's economic destruction mean that Brazil could enter another recession (there was one during the pandemic of course).

This article discusses how the Brazilian president is similar to Trump in his rejection of other governmental authorities and dictator-like actions, but these trends to authoritarianism began as early as the 1980s as the military gained political influence and far-right groups gained power in other countries.

The inflation is not just isolated to Brazil -- global supply chain shortages are having squeezing prices throughout the globe.

Even though this isn't the direct point of the article, this is a real-world example of how currencies that are backed up strong governments foster economic growth.

While not directly related to the freedom and equality paradox, I think this article is related. As freedom is going down with government restrictions on speech in Hong Kong, equality is too (as human rights abuses are more likely to continue). So maybe the freedom-equality inverse relationship is only the case in terms of economics.

This is an interesting example of how misinformation is not just a problem in the US. The villagers linked one person's health problems that were not necessarily related to the vaccine to it, and then succumbed to mob mentality. It shows the fear that the past 1.5 years of pandemic have generated.

This is a demonstration of what happens when the government has too much power and there is not enough freedom for the citizens to force reform.

This is a demonstration of low capacity -- there's no governmental authority able to maintain order.

Doesn't Venezuela already have tons of oil?

It's odd that the Biden administration is reaching this far South to prevent immigration.

It's not only the economic situation that makes Mexico appealing -- it's also the weather, food, and other factors. Kind of similar factors to what's drawing people to Texas, Arizona, Utah...