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In this Policy Forum Pod, Sharon and Arnagretta speak with the Paul Ramsay Foundation CEO Professor Kristy Muir. They discuss care, connection and who has the real power, especially in policymaking for children. Professor Muir discusses the life and death realities of social capital, the importance of a wellbeing framework, and the challenges of a silo approach to making progress on societal issues.
What is the mood on the ground in Britain? What are the political narratives influencing the upcoming UK election? And with Labour predicted for a landslide win, what are the perils of a decisive victory? On this episode of Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny, political strategist John McTernan and Atalanta’s Elizabeth Ames cut through the spin to unpack Britain’s election.
How are terrorist and extremist groups taking advantage of a new, more connected world to further their objectives? From evolving gender roles to rapidly changing technology, Bruce Hoffman, Amira Jadoon, and Aaron Zelin join Bianca Birdsall to discuss the looming threat of domestic extremism and the trends shaping counterterrorism in this National Security Podcast.
"To push Southeast Asia over into its solar-dominant future, it’s important to establish that solar and pumped hydro potential are effectively unconstrained from a technical standpoint. Solar-dominant grids are reliable and low-cost ventures when distributed across a large transmission backbone supported by long-duration energy storage."
In Palau, a notorious triad boss nicknamed 'Broken Tooth' has reinvented himself as a CCP-linked businessman trying to set up a 'gangster-themed' casino. To examine the ties between Chinese gangsters and the Communist Party, Louisa and Graeme are joined by Aubrey Belford, the lead Pacific editor for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and freelance journalist Bernadette Carreon.
"The current absence of equal treatment has serious consequences. It encourages the use of debt rather than equity.
Companies funded by equity must generate a higher return than those funded by debt ... Relieving their need to pay tax on ordinary returns to investors would keep more of them afloat and get more investors to invest in the first place. "
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