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Eat the rich? As CEO salaries explode, worker pay continues to stagnate
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Eat the rich? As CEO salaries explode, worker pay continues to stagnate
May 5, 2026

CEOs got an 11% raise in 2025; workers just 0.5%. The average top exec now makes 490 years of a typical employee’s wages.

George Samuelson
El juego de poder de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos
May 4, 2026

Tras la OPEP y la OPEP+, los Emiratos Árabes Unidos podrían abandonar la Liga Árabe e incluso el CCG.

Pepe Escobar
El juego de poder de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos
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The Great Exit: Top 20 countries by human flight and brain drain
INFOGRAPHICS
The Great Exit: Top 20 countries by human flight and brain drain
May 2, 2026

When a nation’s most educated, ambitious, and skilled citizens pack their bags, the loss goes far beyond population numbers – it bleeds future doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs, and leaders. This infographic visualizes the Human Flight and Brain Drain Index, a key fragility indicator that tracks mass emigration of talented workers.

Strategic Infographics
The UAE power play
May 1, 2026

After OPEC and OPEC+, the UAE may leave the Arab League and even the GCC.

Pepe Escobar
The UAE power play
Business
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The rising power: Middle-class explosion in core BRICS nations
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The rising power: Middle-class explosion in core BRICS nations
April 30, 2026

Over the past two decades, the core BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, and China – have reshaped the global economy from within. Driven by rapid urbanization, rising wages, and expanding access to education and credit, their combined middle class has surged from a few hundred million to over 1.5 billion people.

Strategic Infographics
No more bombs for Iran, economic war instead?
April 30, 2026

Trump assembled his national security team in Washington on Monday afternoon to figure out how to respond to Iran’s latest missive delivered via Pakistan — i.e., end the blockade and then we’ll talk about other issues. The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump opted for economic warfare against Iran as it carried less risk, instead of resuming bombing or trying to exit the conflict. That’s the good news.

No more bombs for Iran, economic war instead?
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The White House acquires the only rare earth mine in Brazil
Business
The White House acquires the only rare earth mine in Brazil
April 30, 2026

In the midst of a hybrid war for control of rare earths, Brazil simply does not yet enjoy a rare earth policy.

Raphael Machado
La guerra all’Iran sta mettendo sotto stress le fondamenta dal predominio finanziario statunitense
April 28, 2026

Tra i suoi molteplici effetti “a cascata”, la guerra scatenata dalla coalizione israelo-statunitense contro l’Iran ha indotto le monarche arabe del Golfo Persico a riconsiderare radicalmente la reale consistenza delle garanzie di sicurezza statunitensi.

Giacomo Gabellini
La guerra all’Iran sta mettendo sotto stress le fondamenta dal predominio finanziario statunitense
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