By: Max Matiauda, November 27, 2021 The recent CoP26 climate summit invited substantial criticism by failing to adopt sanctions on, require compensation from, or create liability for major greenhouse gas polluters. This was not for lack of demand, however, as the Least Developed Countries (LDC) and youth groups spent their press conferences describing the mounting […]
By: Evan Dubow, November 15, 2021 “Payment for Order Flow” is the practice of brokerage firms profiting from the routing of customer trades through certain market makers that incentivize the usage of its market by providing monetary commissions to the broker. Online brokerages, such as Robinhood, utilize Payment for Order Flow as its primary means […]
By: Savannah Valentine November 8, 2021 Compared to wealthier countries, low-income countries emit far less pollutants. For instance, out of the ten biggest polluters, seven are wealthy countries. In 2021, China, the United States, and Russia together were responsible for emitting 47% of the world’s total greenhouse gasses. Yet, these poorer, developing countries are given […]
By: Stacey Shenderov, November 7, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that industrial food systems, reliant on national and international supply chains, are fragile and can lead to further inequalities in local communities. Because millions suffered food scarcity during the COVID-19 pandemic, novel questions of food sovereignty rights have been raised worldwide. On November 2, […]
