[Link] $35m chalets, $14,000 bottles of wine and $700 tips: Russians made this town rich. Now they have vanished

Read: 10/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Before the war against Ukraine started just over a month ago, the exclusive French ski resort of Courchevel was buzzing with wealthy Russians. They constituted 7 per cent of its tourist population, but in terms of the town's income, Russia's elite were a goldmine.

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[Link] The Economy Is Leaving Young People Behind

Read: 21/10/2021 jacobinmag.com

Why do young people have a favorable view of socialism? Because the economic system has utterly failed them. When the Great Recession hit, wiping out trillions of dollars in middle-class wealth, young people weren’t spared.

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