Opinion by Mathew Carr
Jan. 2, 2023
One
Julian Assange regains some freedom. UK government has less ability to extradite whistleblowing journalist to the US because of the recent court decision disallowing deportations of immigrants to Rwanda. Britain cannot guarantee Assange’s safety in the US because the CIA sought to murder him.
See the last few minutes of this video (the entire thing is worth watching):
Two
Carbon credit and allowance prices rise. I hesitate to make this prediction because I’ve made it before and been wrong. The failure of governments to set proper pro-climate market structure will become so clear to voters in 2024 … that politicians will have to act after more than three decades of failure.
There is a concerted effort by politicians, advisers and companies to push the era of carbon trading further into the future by demonizing it …so it might be delayed further. That’s true.
Awful 2023 (and 2022)
$ per metric ton
Three
Many country governments, dealing with indebtedness and facing elections, will be forced — finally — to deal with inequality in society. That will probably include new lawmaking and tax reform in 2024 as voters express their unrest with the current system — where the people (taxpayers) are exploited and holders of capital and politicians do not pay their fair share to address 2030 sustainable development goals.
Four
Michael Bloomberg’s links to disgraced Jeffrey Epstein will face more scrutiny. Those two men allegedly had business dealings and I’ve no evidence those were inappropriate.
A long list of powerful people will also face interrogations, which are well overdue. I’m not accusing anyone of abusing kids, but investigations are continuing and should be made more urgent ahead of important elections.
For those people associated with Epstein who did nothing wrong, transparency will probably come as a relief.
People should not be accused of being guilty by association. Yet, standing by while wrongdoing is going on toward vulnerable people … is not “doing the right thing”.
Five
Multipolar world is delayed because of geopolitical recklessness.
(More to come)
