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Economic Development

SOURCE: Boston Review
5/3/2023

Climate Policy Needs a Return to Land Reform

by Jo Guldi

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the United Nations' international development agenda took its cues from struggles for decolonization from Ireland to India, making the redistribution of rural land a top priority. Is this the key to more effective climate change mitigation?

SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
3/16/2022

Don't Use Anti-Asian Violence to Throw More Money at Police

by Crystal Jing Luo

Business interests in Oakland have hijacked the safety concerns of Asian Americans to support arming police in service of real estate development that threatens low-income housing.