For once, the IMF wants to do some good. It needs approval from the US.

* The UK government is considering nationwide curbside collection of used electrical appliances and gadgets, and requiring retailers, even online ones, to take them back.*

* UN report claims up to 10% of the world’s wealth could be hidden "offshore" and calls for global banking reform.*

"Offshore" means "in a tax haven". Some important tax havens are in quasi-independent islands, but Switzerland, Belgium, the UK and the US also function as .

All that money concealed from taxation leaves governments short on funds, which translates into poverty.

Iran refuses to discuss resuming the non-nuclear deal unless the US does more to lift the the sanctions that the wrecker imposed when be broke the deal.

I think it would be wiser for the US and Iran to stop delaying negotiations by disputing how to start them. But since the US broke the deal, the US should go out of its way to resume the deal.

Perhaps the US should suspend sanctions for a year, and extend that to a permanent cessation if the deal is remade.

US wages increased on the average in 2020, because many low-wage workers lost their jobs.

I suspect that if we tabulate household income rather than wages, we will see a shift towards lower income.