1. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    sei; andererseits suche man "den Gesetzen des Staates zu entgehen", die einem nicht passen, und halte "jedes Entwischen für Gewinn". Ach, was heißt "am Ende"? Wir sind schon da. * Ungleichheit | Einkommen | Vermögenssteuer Milliardäre zahlen in der Schweiz mehr: Deutschland verschont Superreiche Die Mittelschicht zahlt in Deutschland und Österreich mehr Steuern als Milliardäre und...

  2. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    es keinen Handel gäbe?", gibt Reuters die Worte eines Ökonomen vom Peterson Institute wieder. * Ampel | Vertrauen | Bertelsmann Neue Umfrage Ampel verliert besonders bei Menschen mit geringerem Einkommen Die Parteien der Ampelkoalition kämpfen mit einem massiven Vertrauensverlust. Laut einer Umfrage gilt das vor allem für Milieus der unteren Mittelschicht und der Unterschicht. Die Union...

  3. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    teilte die OAS mit. "Wir erklären uns solidarisch mit den Opfern des unangemessenen Einsatzes in der mexikanischen Botschaft in Ecuador." Die Festnahme in einer Botschaft verletze das Wiener Übereinkommen über diplomatische Beziehungen, wonach die Räumlichkeiten einer diplomatischen Mission unverletzlich sind. Am Vortag waren ecuadorianische Sicherheitskräfte in die mexikanische Botschaft in...

  4. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    political measures and 86 percent support “climate-friendly social norms.” In addition, 69 percent of people are prepared to contribute at least one percent of their personal income to climate protection. [...] Graz sociology professor Ilona Otto, who researches the social effects of climate change, says: "Overall, the survey results...

  5. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    had urged. This was met with vehement cheers from thousands in “Constitution Square,” the central location in Guatemala’s capital... * United States | capital | Income Class struggle from above in the USA The 700 richest US citizens have accumulated $8,5 trillion in capital gains. These should now be taxed. According to current estimates, billionaires in...

  6. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    They lose much more subsidies than those for agricultural diesel, which hardly save farms. Most farmers in Germany are knights of agricultural subsidies. On average, they receive around 50 percent of their income from the state. If anyone dares to take away even part of these benefits, they will go to the barricades. Just like these days. The anger farmers also have it themselves...

  7. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    measure, because the black market is huge. Greece's central bank chief Yannis Stournaras recently calculated it: only around 2022 billion euros in private income were declared to the tax authorities in 80 - but private consumption reached 140 billion euros. So 60 billion euros were not taxed, meaning the state lost 18 billion euros, around 30 percent of...

  8. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    Those who wanted to persuade others were proven wrong... * Climate protection | AfD | CDU | Thinking about anti-fascism climate protection and anti-fascism together Climate protection measures hit people with low incomes harder than those who are wealthier. Nevertheless, support for the AfD is growing, even though the party's economic policies would primarily benefit higher earners. It's not exactly a surprise...

  9. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    a man does not equal violent. But the researchers present a coherent causal chain that can explain this phenomenon: extreme events destroy crops, families lose their income, men stay at home and vent their frustration there - on women. In Kenya, where 75 percent of people derive their income from agriculture, climate change is also leading to...

  10. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    For example, our teams spoke to someone who is the sole survivor of a family of 17. In the rural area hit by the earthquake, incomes are very low. So people have no cushion to absorb shocks like this... * State elections | Bavaria | Hesse The non-voters have won again Hesse and Bavaria have voted:...

  11. Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard

    different parts of the city suffer from heat waves. The authors of the study, published in the journal Science Advances, found a negative correlation between the average household income in a residential area and the surface temperature during the day. In other words, the poorer a neighborhood, the higher the temperatures during a heat wave. The difference increases with...

  12. THTR Newsletter No. 93 September 04

    According to the findings of election researcher Jürgen Falter, the title will be ceded to the Greens. Green voters have long been doing much better financially. (...) Accordingly, in 2002 the average income for the Greens was between 1750 and 2000 euros per month, while for the Free Democrats it was only between 1500 and 1750 euros. According to Falter, the Greens have also overtaken the FDP among top earners: Everyone...

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