Climate is particularly important to farmers in agrarian countries. Drought could mean the difference between life and death. India, for example, is predominantly agrarian. Of the country’s 1.3 billion people, 300 million, nearly a fourth, are poor even by Indian standards, and millions of others are on the borderline. So, agriculture is a big deal. […]
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The United Kingdom’s role in the global economy is important. It is the 10th largest export economy in the world. It exported $778 billion USD worth of products and services in 2018. In recent months, fears about a post-Brexit UK economy have gripped the minds of Britons. But the UK’s economy faces a bigger challenge from changes
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Greta’s cry for climate action at the United Nations (UN) climate summit has become a big talking point. In a speech that she read out of a paper, she exclaimed, “We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare
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A new study confirms what conservatives have long suspected: Expensive climate change programs, such as the Green New Deal, would hurt the poor the most. Researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change estimate that if every country participating in the Paris climate accord actually fulfilled its greenhouse gas emission reduction pledges, more than 3 million
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This article was originally published in the American Spectator where it remained in the top 5 articles read multiple days in a row. A few years back my wife heard a young woman share that she had felt guilty for being able to go out to dinner with friends in Chicago because she knew her
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Dear Friends: What time is it? Take a look and see for sure. I’ll tell you later why. About a decade ago one of my sons, just turned nineteen, spent eight months assisting Christian missionaries in Ethiopia and Uganda. He saw how some of the world’s poorest people suffer—yet also how they can experience joy
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Growing up I never had to be afraid of being roofless. The biggest discomfort to my life came from two terrorist attacks in different cities, both of which my family managed to escaped unhurt. Life was always great here in India until I met and talked with slum dwellers in the city of Allahabad. They
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Poets call Africa the heart of the earth. It is, both geographically and biologically. Yet, it remains the most underdeveloped continent. Only a handful of nations in the continent have become economically competitive with their European counterparts. South Africa is one such nation. When it comes to economic development, Nigeria and South Africa are the
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I live in the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore. Except for the tech companies, there aren’t many similarities between Bangalore (now Bengaluru) and the Silicon Valley in California. I live in the northern part of the city. Roads here remain in an unusable condition. They are worse than any bad road you would find in
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The green policies of radical environmentalists and climate alarmists have been plaguing the fastest growing economies and even the established economic powerhouses of Europe. The U.S. has largely evaded the oppressive policies of radical environmentalism, thanks to the pro-development government. However, lawmakers in Congress are becoming increasingly vocal about adopting radical green policies. Citizens should
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