As Biden’s $4 trillion economic growth plan faces political obstacles, prices and wages are already on the rise.
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Time is running out for oil producing nations to reset their economies as the world transitions to green technology.
As China contests islands from Japan to Malaysia, it has deployed its ‘maritime militia’ across the South China Sea.
The pandemic could end up costing Americans $16 trillion but switching to renewable energy costs a lot less than that.
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