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Tax Notes chief correspondent Stephanie Soong discusses the OECD's recent pillar 2 side-by-side package deal and how countries are adapting to the new landscape. For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:U.S. Focusing on OECD Guidance for Pillar 2 Side-by-Side PackageHungary Expands Global Minimum Tax Registration FormU.S. Treasury Officials Declare Death of OECD Pillar 1***CreditsHost: David D. StewartExecutive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige JonesProducers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton RhodesAudio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton RhodesThis episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.
Our Global Commodities Strategist Martijn Rats discusses the geopolitical drivers behind the recent spike in oil prices and outlines four Iran scenarios.Read more insights from Morgan Stanley.----- Transcript -----Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Martijn Rats, Morgan Stanley's Global Commodities Strategist.Today – what's fueling the latest oil market rally.It's Thursday, February 26th, at 3pm in London.What happens when oil prices jump, even though there's no actual shortage of oil? That's the situation we're in right now. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have escalated again. Naturally, markets are paying attention.Over the past week, Brent crude rose about $3 to around $72 per barrel. WTI climbed into the mid-$60s. Shipping costs surged. And traders have started paying a premium for protection against a sudden oil spike – the levels we haven't seen since the early days of the Ukrainian invasion.But here's the key point: there's no clear evidence that global oil supply has tightened. Exports are still flowing. Tankers are still moving. And some near-term indicators of physical tightness have actually softened. When oil is truly scarce, buyers scramble for immediate barrels and short-term prices spike relative to future delivery. Instead, those spreads have narrowed, and physical premiums have eased.This isn't a supply shock. It's a risk premium. In simple terms, investors are buying insurance. So what could happen next? We see four broad scenarios.Before I outline them though, here's something we do not see as a core case: a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly 15 million barrels per day of crude and another 5 million of refined product moves through that corridor. A sustained shutdown would be enormously disruptive. But we think the probability is very low.Now coming back to our four scenarios. The first is straightforward. A negotiated settlement; conflict is avoided. Iranian exports continue and shipping lanes remain open. In that scenario, what unwinds is the geopolitical risk premium – which we estimate at roughly $7 to $9 per barrel. If that fades, Brent could drift back to the low-to-mid $60s, similar to past episodes where prices spiked on fear and then retraced once supply proves unaffected.Second, we could see short-lived frictions – shipping delays, higher insurance costs, temporary logistical issues. That might remove a few hundred thousand barrels per day for, say, a few weeks.. Prices could briefly spike into the $75–80 range. But balancing forces would kick in relatively quickly. For example, China has been building inventories at a steady pace. At higher prices, that stockbuilding would likely slow, helping offset temporary disruptions. That points to some further upside in prices – but then normalization.The third scenario is more serious, but still contained: localized export losses of perhaps 1 to 1.5 million barrels per day for a month or two. Prices would stay elevated longer, but spare capacity and demand adjustments could eventually stabilize the market.Now our last scenario is the more serious and considers a potential shipping shock. The real risk here isn't wells shutting down – it's shipping disruption. Global trade of crude oil depends on efficient tanker movement. If transit times were extended even modestly, effective shipping capacity could fall sharply, creating what amounts to a temporary tightening of about 2 to 3 million barrels per day – or about 6 percent of global seaborne supply. That is a logistics shock, not a production outage – but it would push prices toward early-2022-type levels, at least briefly.Now let's zoom out. Beyond geopolitics, the fundamentals look weak. OPEC+ supply is rising, and our forecasts show a sizable surplus building in 2026. Even if some of that oil ends up in China's stockpiles, a lot would still likely flow into core OECD inventories. Historically, when the market looks like this, prices tend to fall, not rise.Which brings us back to the central point. Oil isn't rallying because the world has run out of barrels. It's rallying because markets are pricing geopolitical risk. And unless that risk turns into actual, sustained disruption, insurance premiums tend to expire.Thank you for listening. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review wherever you listen and share Thoughts on the Market with a friend or colleague today.This podcast references jurisdiction(s) or person(s) which may be the subject of economic sanctions. Readers are solely responsible for ensuring that their investment activities are carried out in compliance with applicable laws.
Dive into the complexities of international tax reform as Skadden's David Farhat, Patrick O'Gara, Loren Ponds and Stefane Victor, along with Pascal Saint-Amans — former director of the OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration — unpack the latest developments in Pillar Two and the Side-by-Side framework. This episode explores how new safe harbors, QDMTTs and evolving global agreements are reshaping the landscape for U.S. and multinational corporations and the practical challenges ahead. Whether you're a tax professional or just curious about global policy shifts, this discussion offers a front-row seat to the debates shaping tomorrow's tax world.
欢迎收听雪球出品的财经有深度,雪球,国内领先的集投资交流交易一体的综合财富管理平台,聪明的投资者都在这里。今天分享的内容叫油运进入“unknown”时刻，来自赛艇队长。近期，长锦商船在VLCC市场上大手笔收购二手船的同时高溢价租入巨量船只，综合运力已经成为第一大船东，这个逻辑之前没讲过，今天就来聊聊。长锦商船以7000多万美金的价格买入15岁以上的VLCC，同时又以日租金7万左右的价格租入大量二手老船，占全市场10%-13%运力，合规市场15%-20%的运力，正常逻辑肯定是为了实现价格垄断，从而在油运市场供需不平衡时大幅捞钱。想要赚钱，必定是要在“一定时间段内”实现垄断，我们就垄断的条件分批来看，想要实现垄断必须满足四个因素：分别是需求刚性、供给端绝对可控、竞争格局长期固化、拥有雄厚资本。高市场份额并不代表垄断，起码要满足上述四项基本因素才能实现“短期”价格垄断。一、需求刚性首先对于原油的需求是很刚性的，虽然碳中和碳达峰每天都在说，但是国际能源署基本每年都在上调需求预期。除了2020年特殊因素外，其他年份基本上需求都是增长的，2026年预测是1.05亿桶每天。中国在过去10年间贡献了全球40%的需求增量，而非OECD新兴经济体贡献了100%的增量。所以石油的需求是刚性的，那么自然运输需求也是相对刚性。VLCC核心货主是沙特阿美、BP、壳牌、埃克森美孚等全球石油巨头，以及托克、维多、嘉能可等大宗商品贸易商，他们对于运价的接受程度较高。因为一艘VLCC能装30万吨原油，大概200万桶，按照一桶70美金来算，一船的货值是1.4亿美金。我们按照TD3C航线（中东到中国）来算，单程约30天，就算10万美元一天，一共也就300万美金，占货值的2%左右，所以这些石油巨头对于运价的接受程度很高。接受程度高，不代表他们就希望长期运价高，这就需要结合下面其他的逻辑，否则22-24年运价就不会那么低了。二、供给端可控现在VLCC市场短期是没有新船可以快速下水的，目前全球大概是920艘，其中不合规的影子船队170艘上下，占比18%左右，合规船队750艘。20年以上船龄的老船占180艘，15年以上的占370艘，合计占比超过40%。在新船方面，全球已生效的VLCC订单在150艘左右，占比16%，集中在27-29年下水，基本满足20年以上的老船替代问题，我相信未来一定还有大量订单出来。但是这四年时间足够长锦商船吃得盆满钵满，这背后还是要感谢集运市场的疯狂，从20-22年的超级大周期，让大型集装箱船订单塞满了船坞，还有LNG船型的繁荣也是催化，要知道不是所有船台都能造VLCC的，只有几个大型船台才可以。所以在3-4年内，整体供给端是可控的，没办法凭空变新船出来，我相信长锦商船也是看到这点才敢下手一搏。三、竞争格局长期固化一艘VLCC的造价要1个多亿美金，资本投入很高，而投资回报长期又很低，甚至出现亏本运货的情况，所以长期也没有什么资本愿意入局，整体的竞争格局已经多年稳定了。在2020年之前主要增量在中国，因为10-20年的这十年间中国对于石油的需求增量是最大的，这个过程中孕育出了招商轮船和中远海能两家企业。再之后就没有什么特别大的行业变化了，也就是说这个行业已经安稳且艰辛的度过了10年，大家都没怎么赚到钱。另外一方面，沙特阿美、BP、埃克森美孚等石油巨头手里都有自己的船队，而且都是长期包运合同，基本自己的油大部分自己运，剩下一些走现货市场，而油运长期也不赚钱，远远不如卖油赚钱，所以这些巨头也不愿意干这个苦差事，大幅扩张运力的需求不大。综合就导致了这个行业的长期格局比较固化，这次长锦商船的杀入变成了搅混池塘的鲇鱼，一口气成为了控制运力第一大的船东，导致运价实现了几十年来最高的日均运价。四、拥有雄厚资本长锦商船是韩国第二大的综合性航运集团，在1989年于首尔成立，在航运界是一个新兵蛋子，所以比较有冲劲，不像很多百年航运企业非常重视风险。即便如此，它也没有实力短期鲸吞百艘VLCC，后面发现金主是MSC，部分VLCC的最终买方是MSC创始人Aponte家族旗下的关联实体。地中海航运就绝对有这个实力了，他是几大集运巨头中唯一没有上市的企业，也就不用披露财报也不用给股东大额分红，作为手握1000艘集装箱船的集运老大，在上一轮大周期中保守估计赚了800亿美金，扣除大量造船以及收购港口后，手里现金储备超过了200亿美金，完全有能力收购这些VLCC。所以这里要第二次感谢集运，没有上一轮大周期的支持，现在也不会出现MSC这样的绝对巨头。那么MSC这几年在集运领域做了什么事呢？大量收购二手集装箱船，大量订购新船，导致运力飙升，连续四年成为集运榜首，合计运力720万标准箱，比老二马士基+老三达飞的总和还多。手持订单交付后，控制运力直接逼近1000万标准箱，市场份额将来到25%。另外一方面，旗下控股70%的码头运营公司收购了和记港口全球的43个码头，跃升为全球最大的集装箱码头运营商。现在长锦商船这套打法就是MSC在集运上的翻版，处处都透着一股熟悉的感觉。集运最厉害的一点就是它敢停航保价。总结一下：综合来看，目前长锦商船在不知不觉中已经完成了对于VLCC行业的布局，成为油运市场最大的变量以及最性感的叙事逻辑，短期内供给端没有增量，而需求稳定，货主对于运价的接受程度非常高，是可以形成3-4年短期垄断的，给运价持续高位来带可能性。我们继续推演，长锦商船报出来后，无论是现在的油运玩家还是石油巨头都会想对策，进一步通过购买和租赁VLCC进行扩张的难度很大，而石油巨头的资本实力也非常雄厚，完全有能力自己造船以后完全自己运自己的，那么后面VLCC订单应该会井喷。这是集运和油运最大的区别，一个货主是没有能力造船的中小外贸企业，一个货主是手握巨量资金的石油巨头。但，这又如何呢？当运价维持15万一天的时候，长锦商船一年多的时间就能赚出一条老二手船的钱，3-4年或者更久的时间足够爆赚一笔了，剩下的事就交给市场了。最后如果觉得自己参与不了这个行业投资也可以不参与，市场的机会多的是，但是建议大家加点油运群之类的，多抢红包，这件事是稳赚不赔的，既能学知识又能增厚自己的钱包，起码在这种史无前例的事件下，不会空手而归。后记：当我看到长锦商船这个事件的时候，第一反应是质疑。1966年日本的出光号下水成为世界第一艘VLCC，至今已经有60年的历史了，这个过程中难道没有人干现在长锦商船的事吗？谁不想垄断赚大钱？之后我就去翻看了一下VLCC的发展史，发现确实没有。1973年石油危机后，几大国际石油巨头为了稳定供应链，下过很多VLCC的订单，当时船队总量在400艘左右，单一巨头控制40艘，大概也就是10%的运力，这是长锦商船出现之前的最高纪录。后面香港船王包玉刚出手大量买入VLCC，颠峰的时候控制了大约50艘船，而且他是先和石油巨头签订5-10年的长租合同再买的船，赚完这一笔后，包玉刚在1978年把船都卖了，精准逃顶，拿着钱开始布局地产、仓储等行业。再之后就是Frontline的传奇船王约翰・弗雷德里克森，在1990年末和2002年几个周期低点大量买入二手的VLCC，实现了穿越多轮牛熊周期，稳居油运的TOP 5。剩下的像长航油运、希腊的dryships、美国的osg、韩国的韩进都是反面教材，颠峰扩张，低谷倒闭。整体看下来，没有一个可以作为长锦商船的参考，形势完全不同。所以我说现在的油运市场，真正的进入到了“unknown”时刻。长锦商船最终会成为包玉刚、还是约翰・弗雷德里克森，亦或是MSC，一切无人知晓。你我皆是历史的见证人。
Ocean fish populations are under pressure, and public money is still part of the problem. The World Trade Organization adopted a Fisheries Subsidies Agreement to curb harmful funding tied to illegal fishing, but major loopholes remain. Billions of dollars in government support continue to prop up industrial fleets that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing. Research published in Nature estimates that governments provide approximately 35 billion USD annually in fisheries subsidies, with the majority considered harmful or capacity enhancing. While the WTO agreement marks progress, it does not yet eliminate subsidies that expand fleets or intensify fishing pressure on already stressed stocks. The OECD continues to track uneven reform efforts across countries, showing that global fisheries governance remains inconsistent. Can fish populations truly rebuild while governments continue to finance fleet expansion? This episode breaks down the science, the economics, and the political reality shaping the future of global fisheries. Support Independent Podcasts: https://www.speakupforblue.com/patreon Help fund a new seagrass podcast: https://www.speakupforblue.com/seagrass Join the Undertow: https://www.speakupforblue.com/jointheundertow Connect with Speak Up For Blue Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube
Data is the lifeblood of the modern economy - powering decision-making, daily life, and the AI revolution. But governing data is full of trade-offs: openness and trust vs privacy and regulation; cross-border sharing vs sovereignty; and timeliness vs quality. In this episode of Behind the Numbers, host Ashley Ward is joined by OECD Chief Statistician Steve MacFeely to explore why data governance has become a core policy challenge - and what it means for the future of official statistics and AI. We follow Steve's journey from Cork to Geneva to Paris; unpack his thoughts on metadata; and find out where he thinks the international statistical community should double down – or back off – over the coming decade. Host: Ashley Ward, Director's Office Advisor and Communications Manager (OECD Statistics and Data Directorate) Guest: Steve MacFeely, OECD Chief Statistician (OECD Statistics and Data Directorate) To learn more about the OECD, our global reach, and how to join us, go to www.oecd.org/en/about.html To keep up with latest at the OECD, visit www.oecd.org/ Get the latest OECD content delivered directly to your inbox! Subscribe to our newsletters: www.oecd.org/en/about/newsletters.html
Can alternative pathways into teaching help tackle teacher shortages and strengthen the profession? With traditional teacher preparation programmes struggling to keep pace with demand in some countries, especially in underserved areas, some are turning to non-traditional routes to attract new talent. Drawing on insights from the OECD paper Alternative Pathways into Teaching: Broadening Access and Expanding Diversity, this episode of Top Class takes a close look at one model - Nexus, an Australian programme that allows participants to earn a teaching qualification while working in schools. Professors Joanna Barbousas and Miriam Tanti from La Trobe University in Melbourne, who work on the Nexus programme, as well as Barbara O'Brien, Principal of Greater Shepparton Secondary College in Victoria, who has welcomed Nexus trainee teachers into her school, explain how alternative pathways work in practice and why others should consider them.
A review of the week's major US international tax-related news. In this edition: US Supreme Court strikes down IEEPA tariffs – BEPS two-Pillar solution no longer exists, according to a Treasury official; Treasury exploring ways to reach an appropriate agreement on the digital economy – President Trump to deliver State of the Union address – IRS issues possible final tranche of additional interim CAMT guidance – OECD releases FAQs on BEPS Pillar One Amount B – US and North Macedonia issue joint statement on "Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade."
Australia does something a bit weird: if you make money selling a house or shares, you get taxed at half the rate you'd pay on your actual job. Nice if you're the one pocketing the profit… not so great if you're trying to buy your first place and keep getting outbid by investors.People have argued about this discount for years; it's political TNT. Bill Shorten tried to change it twice and got burned both times. Now Labor's back in government, the issue's landed in a Senate inquiry, and it's shaping up to be the first real showdown between Treasurer Jim Chalmers and newly appointed Opposition Leader Angus Taylor.Is this tax break helping the country or just helping those already ahead? And if we tweaked it… would anything actually get better?Guests: Brendan Coates – Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute.Cathal Leslie – Generation Z economist who has worked at the Productivity Commission, the Australian Treasury, and the OECD in Paris, now working in the AI sector.
Yes, headlines say U.S. life expectancy has rebounded. But here's what they don't tell you. The United States ranks 32 out of 38 developed nations in life expectancy according to OECD data.Thirty-second. Out of thirty-eight. That places America near the bottom of the developed world behind Turkey, Estonia, the Czech Republic, and the Slovak Republic. Only six developed nations rank lower.At the same time:• In 2024, the 10 largest pharmaceutical companies reported more than $100 billion in profits**• The industry spent over $5 billion on television advertising• Prescription drug commercials account for a significant share of evening news ads• The U.S. healthcare system remains structured around treatment, not prevention• Ultra-processed foods dominate the American dietThe United States spends more per capita on healthcare than any other developed nation.Yet we rank near the bottom in longevity. Americans deserve the complete story — not just the comfortable headline. Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and PensionsThank you to our sponsor: Preserve Gold - text "ASK PHIL" to 50505 and go to https://DrPhilGold.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
New Zealand's not getting good bang for its infrastructure buck, according to some. The Infrastructure Commission has released a 30-year plan with 16 recommendations, and 10 top priorities for the next decade - including health spending. Infrastructure Commission chief executive Geoff Cooper says we rank high on spending in the OECD, but our outcomes are in the bottom 10 percent. He says New Zealand has unique problems we need to solve. "The geography is very difficult and we have a dispersed population. That means more pipes, more roads, more transmission lines and so on - and that costs, if you're going to do that." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New Zealand's not getting good bang for its infrastructure buck, according to some. The Infrastructure Commission has released a 30-year plan with 16 recommendations, and 10 top priorities for the next decade - including health spending. Infrastructure Commission chief executive Geoff Cooper says we rank high on spending in the OECD, but our outcomes are in the bottom 10 percent. He says New Zealand has unique problems we need to solve. "The geography is very difficult and we have a dispersed population. That means more pipes, more roads, more transmission lines and so on - and that costs, if you're going to do that." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The National Infrastructure Plan was released yesterday, and it makes for grim reading. I don't think anyone expected good news, but nonetheless a cold hard dose of reality is always unwelcome, especially when you've been wilfully ignoring the obvious for years. The plan looks at 17 sectors covering central government, local authorities, and commercially regulated utilities, and lays out a 30 year outline looking at how New Zealand can improve the way it plans, funds, maintains, and delivers infrastructure. So far, so very grown up, but really this is something that should have been done 30 years ago because in a nutshell, we have a huge infrastructure deficit. We need hospitals, we need roads, we need bridges, we need alternatives, we need cycleways, we need sewage, we need water pipes, we need electricity, we need alternative electricity, huge infrastructure deficit across all of the sectors. But even if we had billions of dollars, which we don't, throwing money at the problem doesn't seem to be the only answer, because we are very, very poor at getting bang for our buck as was highlighted in the plan. Over the last 20 years, New Zealand has averaged spending about 5.8% of its GDP on infrastructure, which is one of the highest rates of spending in the OECD. Yet we rank near the bottom of the OECD in terms of efficiency of spend and we came fourth to last in terms of asset management. So we spend all this money, get very little for it, and then don't look after it when we have it. I mean look at Moa Point – it's a brilliant example of what happens when you do not spend money on the boring stuff like maintenance and upkeep. The whole country is basically a Moa Point waiting to happen. The plan recommended that 60 cents of every dollar of infrastructure spend should be allocated to renewals and maintenance. A key theme of the plan was that governments have tended to underfund maintenance. That funding's routinely deferred in favour of the “new and shiny”, to quote the authors of the plan. It's like looking at your house and thinking, God, that plumbing needs fixing, that pipe's looking a bit iffy, we really need to paint the house because those weatherboards are going to get rotten otherwise. Oh boring, let's take the kids to Fiji. That's pretty much what we've been doing as a country for far too long. And it's not just one government, it's successive governments, National and Labour, who have let us down. And they've let us down because we have let them let us down. We don't want to hear the news either. Voters are as much to blame as the governments because we don't want to hear the hard messages. The plan says we cannot afford to have everything we want and in fact need as a country and the infrastructure jobs that we do need to do will have to pay for beyond our general taxes. “The reality is asking people to pay for things is difficult and we've pushed the boat out quite a bit as a government on tolling and that's because ultimately roads have to be paid for. And we've tried to move the system towards more of a user pays model and we think that's fair. The original Harbour Bridge in Auckland was of course paid for with a toll and we've just signalled quite clearly that when you're dropping billions and billions of dollars, which is what the second harbour crossing will be, it will be the biggest infrastructure project ever built in New Zealand, that's a project where we do think it will end up being tolled because that's a fair way of paying for the project. “Here's the reality, roads and in fact all infrastructure has to be paid for. It has to be and you can use user charges for that through tolling or through petrol tax or a combination of both, which is essentially what we do. You can borrow for that, but of course that has to be paid for too. Money is not, despite what the Labour Party think, debt is not free. We already have a huge amount of debt that was built up during the Covid years that has to be repaid and we are desperately as a government getting the books back in order so that when the next shock comes along, the next Cyclone Gabrielle or whatever, we're in a position where we could actually deal with it. At the moment of course we're in a very vulnerable situation and the Treasury says we've got to keep the debt levels under control, otherwise our international borrowing costs will go up and then everybody's interest rates will go up and then you're in banana republic territory. Then you can't even meet the debt repayments on what you've already borrowed.” That was Minister for Infrastructure Chris Bishop talking to Mike Hosking this morning. So it's grim reading. As I say, successive governments are at fault and so are we voters. We want everything done for us and we want the government to pay for it. We don't want to pay more in tax though when we want the government to pay for it. We want all the benefits our great grandparents had in the 60s without being willing to pay the sort of tax they were paying in the 60s. We have to wake up and be willing to vote for governments that are going to make tough decisions. And to help us do that, National and Labour need to join forces, get together and agree on the tough stuff. That the age of universal Super needs to go up, allowing for people to collect less early, sure, when you've got the tough jobs, but you know, we can dither around this but ultimately that's what needs to happen. We need to agree on an infrastructure program that will involve maintenance and building and won't be subject to the whims of politics. We're going to need to see more governance, less politicking. We need that to start this election, otherwise the main parties will be fighting it out to govern a country that isn't worth living in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ทำความเข้าใจ ‘วงจรซื้อเสียง-ถอนทุนคืน' หนึ่งในวิกฤตคอรัปชัน ที่ฉุดรั้งการเติบโตของเศรษฐกิจไทย ทำไม CPI ไทยต่ำสุดภูมิภาค? ชงรัฐฟันคอร์รัปชัน ก่อนเศรษฐกิจพัง หลุดสมาชิก OECD รายละเอียดเป็นอย่างไร วิกฤต ‘คอร์รัปชัน' ต้นทุนแฝงที่อาจทำ SME ปิดระนาว? พูดคุยกับ แสงชัย ธีรกุลวาณิช ประธานยุทธศาสตร์ สมาพันธ์เอสเอ็มอีไทย
Is AI an "efficiency engine" or a "cognitive crutch"? In this episode, Dan and Ray explore the OECD's latest warnings regarding "metacognitive laziness" - the risk of students offloading the thinking process entirely to generative tools. As the OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026 suggests, without pedagogical guardrails, we may be sacrificing long-term learning for short-term performance. The discussion shifts to the UK's aggressive new response: the Department of Education's Safety Standards. These rules explicitly ban "sycophantic" or flattering AI designs, stripping away avatars and "personhood" to ensure AI remains a tool rather than a digital companion. We discuss a NY Times article about AI in schools too, and the global experiments. We also dive into Deakin University's multidisciplinary inquiry, which provides six essential curriculum recommendations for a world of ubiquitous AI. Finally, we highlight the release of Leon Furze's Teaching AI Ethics, a vital new (and free) resource for teachers navigating these complex waters. Key References: OECD: Digital Education Outlook 2026 UK DfE: Generative AI Product Safety Standards for Education (Jan 2026) UK DfE: Commitment to AI Tutoring for disadvantaged children NY Times: As Schools Embrace A.I. Tools, Sceptics Raise Concerns Deakin University's FutureFocus GenAI program Free E-Book: Teaching AI Ethics by Leon Furze (teachingaiethics.com)
ทำความเข้าใจ ‘วงจรซื้อเสียง-ถอนทุนคืน' หนึ่งในวิกฤตคอรัปชัน ที่ฉุดรั้งการเติบโตของเศรษฐกิจไทย ทำไม CPI ไทยต่ำสุดภูมิภาค? ชงรัฐฟันคอร์รัปชัน ก่อนเศรษฐกิจพัง หลุดสมาชิก OECD รายละเอียดเป็นอย่างไรวิกฤต ‘คอร์รัปชัน' ต้นทุนแฝงที่อาจทำ SME ปิดระนาว? พูดคุยกับ แสงชัย ธีรกุลวาณิช ประธานยุทธศาสตร์ สมาพันธ์เอสเอ็มอีไทย
Nirgendwo wird so wenig gearbeitet wie hierzulande. Das sagen zumindest Zahlen der OECD – wie viel arbeitet Deutschland wirklich? In unserer neuen Rubrik „Nachgehakt“ gehen wir Themen nach, die uns im Alltag oder in den Medien immer wieder begegnen. In einer polarisierten Welt möchten wir harte Fakten zu den Themen liefern, die viele Menschen beschäftigen
Suomalainen yhteiskunta nojaa korkeaan luottamukseen. Poliisi ja koulut hoitavat omat tonttinsa, lääkäri ja neuvola auttavat ja poliitikkoihinkin luotetaan melko hyvin. Mutta entä jos tulee maasta, jossa viranomaisia on joutunut pelkäämään, tai valtiokoneiston toiminta on romuttanut luottamuksen kokonaan? Tässä jaksossa selvitetään, miksi maahanmuuttajataustaisilla voi olla epäluuloja tai pelkoja suomalaisviranomaisia kohtaan, ja mihin se voi johtaa. Ja miten toimii vastavuoroisuus – luottaako suomalainen yhteiskunta maahanmuuttajaan?Kokemuksistaan kertoo maahanmuuttajaperheeseen syntynyt Artem Kuosti. Luottamusta ruotivat myös Mobile Futures –hankkeen tutkijat Elina Turjanmaa ja Iida Kauhanen sekä Vantaan ja Keravan hyvinvointialueen perheiden erityispalvelujen johtaja Saana Pukkio.Jakson on toimittanut ja käsikirjoittanut Nadja Mikkonen, tuottanut Ippi Arjanne ja äänisuunnitellut ja miksannut Juha Jaakkola.Jakso on osa Mobile Futures –tutkimushanketta, jota rahoittaa Suomen Akatemian yhteydessä toimiva Strategisen tutkimuksen neuvosto.Lähteitä:Eduskunnan työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön kirjallinen lausunto työelämä- ja tasaarvovaliokunnassa: Maahanmuuttajaäitien työllistyminen, 26.5.2025Valtiovarainministeriö: Luottamus on suomalaisen yhteiskunnan supervoima; Kansalaisten luottamus hallituksiin lievässä laskussa OECD-maissa; Suomi edelleen korkean luottamuksen maaSisäministeriö: Luottamus poliisiin pysynyt korkealla tasollaOECD Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions 2024 Results - Country Notes: FinlandOECD Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions – 2024 ResultsSitra: Näin vahvistamme luottamusta ja turvallisuuttaKati Turtiainen: Possibilities of trust and recognition between refugees and authorities: resettlement as a part of durable solutions of forced migrationTyö- ja elinkeinoministeriö: Tutkimus: ulkomaalaistaustainen nimi heikentää yhä työllistymismahdollisuuksiaSuvi Keskinen: The Stopped - Ethnic profiling in Finland
On this episode, Pete and Julie welcome show alumni, global mobility and remote work compliance expert John Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of Work from Anywhere, to unpack what may be the most consequential compliance shift for international remote work in more than a decade. John joins the show to break down the recent OECD's (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) guidance on cross-border remote working and permanent establishment, and why it creates much-needed clarity for employers and employees. John explains why the new OECD guidance is so impactful, how it could remove one of the biggest barriers to work-from-anywhere programs, and why tax, HR, payroll, and mobility teams now have a practical framework rather than guesswork. The conversation also explores what's still missing, what's coming next, and how companies should prepare for the next phase of global mobility, talent management, and compliance. Links from the Episode: John's Post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7405212150887186432/ John's Blog: https://wfa.team/blog/oecd-remote-work-updates/ OECD update: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/news/press-releases/2025/11/oecd-updates-model-tax-convention-to-reflect-rise-of-cross-border-remote-work-and-clarify-taxation-of-natural-resources.html Connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j0hnlee/ https://x.com/john_w_lee Connect with Work from Anywhere: https://wfa.team/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-work-from-anywhere-team/ https://x.com/AnywhereTeam Connect with the show: LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/hr-payroll-2-0 X: @HRPayroll2_0 X: @PeteTiliakos X: @JulieFer_HR BlueSky: @hrpayroll2o.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HRPAYROLL2_0 WRKDefined Podcast Network: https://wrkdefined.com/podcast/hr-payroll-20 Thank you to our marquee sponsors for powering HR & Payroll 2.0 podcast forward! G-P ‘Globalization Partners': https://www.globalization-partners.com/ OneSource Virtual: https://hubs.ly/Q03YFNR90 Zoho: https://www.zoho.com/press.html Thank you to our ‘wizard behind the curtain' and show producer Ryan Kielma: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-kielma/
Hostia: Ivan Šramko (bývalý guvernér NBS, veľvyslanec SR pri OECD v Paríži) a Ľuboš Pavelka (erudovaný a rešpektovaný odborník a špecialista na devízy a bankovníctvo). | Národná zlatá rezerva štátu symbolizuje štátnu suverenitu a aj ekonomickú nezávislosť. Je preto optimálne ju mať uloženú mimo územia Slovenska a Európskej únie? Je pre štát vhodné zväčšovať štátne zlaté rezervy alebo radšej investovať financie iným spôsobom (do dlhopisov či digitálnych mien)? Obzvlášť, pokiaľ sme súčasťou eurozóny? Vníma štát zlato ako investíciu do istoty a budúcnosti, na ktorej sa dá aj zarobiť - a podobne ako iné krajiny sveta ho nakupuje a zväčšuje jeho zásoby, alebo nie? Má Slovensko na presun zo Spojeného kráľovstva Veľkej Británie a Severného Írska na Slovensko - v čase konsolidácie dostatok voľných finančných zdrojov? Máme dostatočne bezpečné priestory na jeho uskladnenie? | Vrátia sa slovenské zlaté rezervy na Slovensko? | Moderuje: Matej Baránek; | Diskusiu Z prvej ruky pripravuje Slovenský rozhlas, Rádio Slovensko, SRo1. Vysielame každý pracovný deň o 12:30 v Rádiu Slovensko.
Generative Artificial Intelligence is rapidly emerging as one of the most debated forces in education today. Tools such as ChatGPT and Claude are widely predicted to reshape how students learn and how teachers teach. Advocates argue that GenAI could democratise access to high quality education, offering personalised learning at scale while reducing administrative burdens for educators. Critics warn of significant risks, from undermining student learning to eroding teacher autonomy. In this episode of Top Class, we explore the latest emerging evidence shared in the OECD's Digital Education Outlook 2026. Senior OECD Analyst Stéphan Vincent Lancrin speaks to OECD Editor Duncan Crawford about the latest research, the potential and the risks of GenAI, and what this means for the future of teaching and learning.
In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie sits down with Bruegel's Pascal Saint-Amans and Roel Dom to talk taxes. What happened to the OECD global minimum tax and the digital services levy debate in the wake of Washington's turn against international agreements? How is the European Union gathering resources for its next budget? What is the difference between a tax and a levy – and why does it matter? Tax policy is social policy, and Bruegel's new EU Tax Observatory project will shine a light on what's going on.Relevant Research: Christie, R. (2021) ‘Do robots dream of paying taxes?', Policy Brief, 05 October, Bruegel, available at: https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/do-robots-dream-paying-taxes Darvas, Z., R. Dom and M. Lappe (2025) 'CORE concerns: why a turnover based levy is wrong for the EU budget', First Glance, 22 July, Bruegel, available at: https://www.bruegel.org/first-glance/core-concerns-why-turnover-based-levy-wrong-eu-budget Dom, R. (2026) 'How the global minimum tax amendments could reshape Europe's tax incentives', Analysis, 14 January, Bruegel, available at: https://doi.org/10.64153/WEHR5625 Dom, R., C. Greppi-Maturana and P. Saint-Amans (2025) ‘Shifting priorities, slow progress: an analysis of EU tax recommendations,' Working Paper 29/2025, Bruegel, available at: https://doi.org/10.64153/SIZA8089 Saint-Amans, P. (2026) ‘With Trump, what is left of the global minimum tax?', Newsletter, 19 January, Bruegel, available at: https://www.bruegel.org/newsletter/trump-what-left-global-minimum-tax Saint-Amans, P. (2026) 'Has the global minimum tax survived Trump?' Analysis, 13 January, Bruegel, available at: https://doi.org/10.64153/HIUN6608
호주 가정이 자녀를 중고등학교에 보내는 데 드는 비용은 약 4,967달러로 이는 OECD 평균의 4배에 달합니다. 하지만 이는 공립학교에 다니는 학생까지 포함된 평균입니다.
"Tax is one of the smartest investments you can make." That's Professor Chris Harrop's promise to companies, and his new tax funded impact model proves it by helping quantify how paying tax is not only good for their businesses, but for the economies they're operating in, and of course for people and society. Plus: Why have OECD countries just bent the knee to Donald Trump and given up their sovereign rights to tax US businesses operating within their own borders? Naomi Fowler speaks with Zorka Millin of the FACT Coalition about how US companies now have an exemption from the global minimum corporate tax. Also, Zorka discusses some progress on the Corporate Transparency Act's rollercoaster journey in the US towards setting up a beneficial ownership register - a court ruling has pushed things a little further forward, which is good news since the United States is the world's biggest financial secrecy offender. Now some of the watering down of the act needs to be reversed... And finally, the UK has strengthened its whistleblower reward scheme, lawyer Mary Inman of Whistleblower Partners tells us more. Featuring: Zorka Millin of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition, Chris Harrop, Professor of Sustainable Business at the Huddersfield University Business School in the UK, non-executive director with the Fair Tax Foundation, a founding partner of the Human Centre, and lawyer Mary Inman of Whistleblower Partners. Hosted and produced by Naomi Fowler with Leo Schick. Transcript of the show: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Taxcast_January_26_Transcript.pdf Further Reading: OECD collapse will lock in countries' tax losses to US firms - Tax Justice Network https://taxjustice.net/press/oecd-collapse-will-lock-in-countries-tax-losses-to-us-firms/ The OECD's "Side-by-Side" System Preserves, But Weakens, the Global Minimum Tax https://thefactcoalition.org/policy-brief-oecd-side-by-side-system/ U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Landmark Anti-Money Laundering Law https://thefactcoalition.org/court-upholds-landmark-anti-money-laundering-law/ A new ESG metric: Tax Funded Impact – How fiscal multipliers turn fair tax into tangible social value https://fairtaxmark.net/a-new-esg-metric-tax-funded-impact-how-fiscal-multipliers-turn-fair-tax-into-tangible-social-value/ Lawyer Mary Inman writes on the UK's strengthened whistleblower reward scheme: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mary-inman-81229_whistleblowers-activity-7399741339099197440-aGq3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAA404Bhqfzti-v3tZUVu1UF__9Eyi8fKs
A review of the week's major US international tax-related news. In this edition: US Senate reaches tentative bipartisan funding agreement – President Trump confirms plans for FY'27 budget – US-EU trade deal back on track – OECD hosted public consultation on global mobility – Next round of UN Framework Convention talks begin 2 February 2026.
How can we truly trust technology in a world powered by AI and emerging tech? What exactly is medical identity theft, and why should we all be worried about it? And how is the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) helping make AI more responsible and fairer?In this episode, Punit Bhatia sits down with Pam Dixon, founder and executive director of the World Privacy Forum, to talk about how we can build trust and protect our privacy in a rapidly changing digital world. They dive into real issues like data misuse, identity theft, and the global efforts shaping stronger privacy and governance standards.
1. S oživením ekonomiky má Ficovi pomáhať OECD, ktorej rady predtým ignoroval 2. Na Trumpa funguje tvrdý a jednotný prístup, hovoria ekonómovia 3. Obchodné vojny zasiahli slovenský export. V jadrovej energetike sa väzby s USA posilnili 4. Kde všade čínsky inžiniersky štát poráža USA 5. Krátko o žilinskom diaľničnom privádzači, neúspešných rokovaniach o mieri na Ukrajine a úspechu Strnadovcov
In this episode, EY panelists share insights on recent developments in the side-by-side system and permanent safe harbor, including their impacts on US and non-US multinationals.
Henry Ergas joins John to explore the erosion of historical understanding, the rise of ideological extremism, and the weakening of social cohesion across Western nations. Ergas argues that a balance of freedom and order are needed to sustain societies or else they will risk succumbing to the enemies of democracy, who possess a vitriolic hatred of the present, yet no unifying vision of the future. The discussion critiques the evolution of multicultural ideology and the rise of antisemitism in Australia, and assesses the slow decay of shared history, identity and hopes that once defined the nation. This conversation is a sober assessment of the challenges confronting liberal democracies and the values required to preserve them.Henry Ergas AO is an economist who spent many years at the OECD in Paris before returning to Australia. He has taught at many universities including Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration in Paris. He is one of Australia's foremost public intellectuals.
With hundreds of sustainability and impact labels in circulation, how can consumers, policymakers and investors identify organisations that really do put people over profit? And why does it matter for the social economy? In this episode of Cogito Talks, Shayne MacLachlan is joined by Ruben Rebelo from the European Commission and Sofija Rakcejeva from the OECD to explore how labels can do more than just make social economy more visible and easier to support but also help people do better. Drawing on a recent joint OECD and European Commission report, we will unpack the different types of labels that exist, from those exclusively for social economy entities to broader impact and financial labels, and discuss how they can guide funding, policy decisions and consumer choices. Host: Shayne MacLachlan, Public Affairs and Communications Manager at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities Rúben Rebelo is a policy officer currently serving at the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission. He joined the ‘Social and Inclusive Entrepreneurship' unit in 2021 and is working on the implementation of the Social Economy Action Plan. He was involved in drafting and negotiating the Council recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions, and in publishing the Special Eurobarometer on the social economy in the lives of Europeans. Sofija Rakcejeva is a policy analyst in the Social Economy and Innovation Unit at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, where she analyses the contribution of the social economy to policy priorities such as affordable housing and social inclusion, as well as framework conditions that can increase its impact, including labels, taxation and access to finance. Before joining the OECD, Sofija co-authored two technical briefs and contributed to due diligence of microfinance projects at the Council of Europe Development Bank. Sofija holds an MA in International Economic Policy from Sciences Po and a BA in History, Politics and Economics from University College London. To learn more about the OECD, our global reach, and how to join us, go to www.oecd.org/about/ To keep up with latest at the OECD, visit www.oecd.org/ Get the latest OECD content delivered directly to your inbox! Subscribe to our newsletters: www.oecd.org/newsletters
How can we truly trust technology in a world powered by AI and emerging tech? What exactly is medical identity theft, and why should we all be worried about it? And how is the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) helping make AI more responsible and fairer?In this episode, Punit Bhatia sits down with Pam Dixon, founder and executive director of the World Privacy Forum, to talk about how we can build trust and protect our privacy in a rapidly changing digital world. They dive into real issues like data misuse, identity theft, and the global efforts shaping stronger privacy and governance standards.
A global minimum tax deal that exempts American companies from key provisions is a better outcome for European business than the alternative of US retaliatory taxes, the co-chair of the OECD's business committee said. The package agreed to this month by more than 145 countries at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development headed off a threat of steep US taxes on foreign companies if global concessions weren't made. In this episode of Talking Tax, Christian Kaeser, global head of tax at Siemens AG, told Bloomberg Tax reporter Ryan Hogg that some of his European counterparts regarded the deal as “lopsided” but welcomed new permanent safe harbors that were created with input from Business at OECD, known as BIAC. Kaeser is co-chair of BIAC's tax committee. “I'm pretty happy with the outcome,” he said. Competitive disparities created by the deal can be remedied by simplification of the EU's own rules, including scrapping of the bloc's controlled foreign companies anti-tax avoidance regime, he said. As for Pillar One, the other main part of a 2021 OECD-led tax agreement, Kaeser saw little hope. Further talks on the pillar, which would reallocate taxing rights to countries where big companies make their profits, have stalled for years. It “should be called Pillar Zed, zed for zombie,” he said. Do you have feedback on this episode of Talking Tax? Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 703-341-3690.
① China's vice premier has delivered a message of free trade, multilateralism, cooperation and dialogue at the World Economic Forum. We explore China's determination to be a stabilizing force amid global turbulence. (00:56) ② China's R&D spending intensity surpassed OECD economies for the first time in 2025. What does it tell about China's economic transformation? (13:56) ③ EU lawmakers have reportedly agreed to hold off on ratifying a key trade deal with the US following President Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland. What is the EU's message to the White House? (24:56) ④ US and Russian officials have held what they call constructive closed-door talks on the Ukraine conflict at the World Economic Forum. Is it time for optimism about the peace process? (33:58) ⑤ At the U23 Asian Cup, China has entered the final for the first time. Does it provide any guiding spirit for China's future football development? (44:09)
Despite record hydro inflows, the average Kiwi is unlikely to see any savings on their energy bills. Inflows into the lakes hit 123% of the historical average in December – marking the second highest July-December period on record. Generation volumes are also up 13% on the same time last year, pushing wholesale prices down. Meridian Energy CEO Mike Roan told Mike Hosking the country's energy stores are in better shape than they were in 2024, and compared to that period, we might even have the lowest wholesale electricity prices in the OECD. However, while wholesale customers will see some savings, he says residential customers will see increases in their bills driven by Commerce Commission approved increases to the lines, and distribution and transmission charges that will flow through in the next few years. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this bonus Cayman Islands Regulatory 15/15 episode, Anthony Mourginos and Daniel Moore discuss the implementation of the OECD's Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF).To read the 2026 Cayman Islands Regulatory Calendar, visit https://maples.com/regulatory-round-up/2026-cayman-islands-regulatory-calendar.SPEAKERS:Anthony Mourginos, Partner | +1 345 814 5666 | anthony.mourginos@maples.com | View bioDaniel Moore, Associate | +852 5729 3584 | daniel.moore@maples.com | View bioVisit our Regulatory Round-Up Blog for the latest developments and insights in the regulatory landscapeRELATED SERVICES:Maples Group Regulatory and Financial Services AdvisoryWith a depth of experience across all regulated sectors, the Maples Group Regulatory and Financial Services team is positioned to address client needs and sensitivities. We have the largest dedicated Cayman Islands Regulatory and Financial Services team in the offshore market.Follow Us:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maplesgroup/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maplesgroup/Twitter: https://twitter.com/maplesgroupFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/maplesgroup/Website: https://maples.com/podcasts/15-15Blog: https://maples.com/regulatory-round-up
On this episode of the Trade Guys, Bill and Scott discuss the carveout for U.S. multinationals from key parts of the OECD's 15% global minimum tax framework. They also unpack the unconventional announced semiconductor 232 tariffs and escalating diplomatic and economic tension between China and Japan.
A review of the week's major US international tax-related news. In this edition: US Congress making progress on FY26 spending bills – House Republicans eye second budget reconciliation bill – Treasury official says final CAMT notice expected soon – Additional transition guidance on cryptocurrency tax reporting and staking possible – IRS issues guidance for PFICs seeking QEF election – OECD officials offer Pillar Two update – US issues trade proclamations on semiconductors and critical minerals.
Doug McHoney (PwC's International Tax Services Global Leader) is joined by Pat Brown, an International Tax Partner in PwC's Washington National Tax Services practice and Co-leader of the National Tax Office. Pat previously served as GE's VP of Tax and Director of Tax Policy. Doug and Pat discuss highlights from 2025: the US day-one Pillar Two executive order and the OECD's late-year side-by-side package; Section 899; the shifting of DSTs into the trade lane; and the expanding role of the UN for global tax policy. On US policy, they also unpack how OBBBA yielded greater stability; CAMT corrections; stock buyback excise tax guidance; and long-awaited Section 987 rules. Looking ahead to 2026, they assess the potential for additional US tax legislation under reconciliation, as well as the future of Pillar Two, its complexity, and how QDMTTs are now the backbone of Pillar Two.
What does digital trust really mean in today's AI-driven world? How are AI and quantum technologies changing the way organizations build and maintain trust? How can businesses act responsibly and ethically while embracing innovation?In this episode, Punit Bhatia talks with Sebastian Hallensleben, an expert in AI governance and digital trust. They discussed how the EU's common AI standards and the OECD's business guidance are helping shape the next phase of responsible and trustworthy innovation. Together, they explore how trust, ethics, and compliance come together in a world powered by AI and quantum technology.
Republicans on Capitol Hill are keenly watching how other countries implement a long-sought OECD agreement that exempts US companies from parts of the global minimum tax framework. Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, hasn't ruled out resurrecting legislation imposing retaliatory taxes on firms from nations that slow-walk codifying the deal. The deal was reached earlier this month after the Trump administration demanded a carve-out for American companies and for the US tax system to work alongside the global minimum tax framework without interference. Estes sat down with Bloomberg Tax Congress reporter Zach C. Cohen in his Capitol Hill office to talk about the importance of the agreement to American businesses and how he will "trust, but verify" other countries' tax code changes, especially if they pursue the same kind of exemption Washington just secured. Do you have feedback on this episode of Talking Tax? Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 703-341-3690.
As AI reshapes work and life, schools are changing too. But before we redesign education, should we ask what it’s really for? Synopsis: On Wednesdays, The Straits Times takes a hard look at Singapore's social issues of the day with guests. Education is one of the few institutions almost every Singaporean passes through - and one of the most contested. From debates about declining attention spans to rising anxiety, we now wonder about the role of artificial intelligence in classrooms. Questions about standards, equity, excellence and inclusion continue to surface. Schools are expected to prepare students not just for jobs, but for citizenship and for lives that feel meaningful. Sometimes these expectations are in tension with one another as we grapple with the AI revolution that’s underway. In this episode, we ask a more fundamental question: What purpose does education serve in a world increasingly driven by technology and AI? And how should our answers change when the world students are entering - shaped by AI and rapid technological change - may look radically different from the one schools were designed for? Joining the discussion with Deputy Opinion Editor Mubin Saadat are Ms Elisha Tushara, The Straits Times education correspondent who spent a decade teaching before moving into journalism, and Dr Liu Woon Chia, Director and researcher at the National Institute of Education and co-founder of its Motivation in Educational Research Laboratory. Highlights (click/tap above): 1:30 AI impact on education 11:55 What do PISA and OECD studies tell us? 15: 03 Friction in learning 19:35 A focus on human qualities in learning 26:35 AI as a teacher’s tool Read ST’s Opinion section: https://str.sg/w7sH Host: Mubin Saadat (mubin@sph.com.sg) Produced and edited by: Hadyu Rahim Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong Follow In Your Opinion Podcast here and get notified for new episode drops: Channel: https://str.sg/w7Qt Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wukb Spotify: https://str.sg/w7sV Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg --- Follow more ST podcast channels: All-in-one ST Podcasts channel: https://str.sg/wvz7 Get more updates: http://str.sg/stpodcasts The Usual Place Podcast YouTube: https://str.sg/4Vwsa --- Get The Straits Times app, which has a dedicated podcast player section: The App Store: https://str.sg/icyB Google Play: https://str.sg/icyX --- #inyouropinionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Doug McHoney (PwC's International Tax Services Global Leader) is joined by Beth Bell, a Principal in PwC's Washington National Tax Services Policy Office. She previously served as a Senior Advisor to the US Treasury Department, Tax Counsel for the US House Committee on Ways and Means, and Policy Director and Tax Counsel in the United States Senate. Doug and Beth discuss the OECD's January 2026 side‑by‑side package: why consensus formed, how the side‑by‑side and UPE safe harbors operate, and why QDMTTs are taking center stage. They cover the simplified ETR safe harbor, the one‑year extension of the transitional CbCR safe harbor, elections and 2024–2025 compliance, enacted‑law accounting effects, the key footnote on UTPR allocation, and the new qualified tax incentives safe harbor, including both expenditure-based and production‑based credits, plus implications for inbound investment and the 2029 stocktake.
In this episode of This Week in AML, Elliot Berman and John Byrne unpack a fast‑moving start to 2026 across the financial crime, regulatory, and geopolitical landscape. They discuss the U.S. military's recent operation in Venezuela and its potential sanctions implications, FinCEN's holiday‑week rule changes—including the extension of AML/SAR requirements for investment advisers and new guidance preparing the industry for the residential real estate reporting rule—and the OCC's renewed warning about voluntary SAR misuse. The conversation also explores brewing crypto legislation in the U.S., the implementation of the OECD's Crypto‑Asset Reporting Framework in the EU and UK, and the Netherlands' new €3,000 cash‑transaction ban. International stories include a troubling investigation into U.S.-registered aircraft ending up in drug‑trafficking networks and FIFA's controversial decisions involving Russian clubs amid global sanctions.
Gost epizode je Marko Grobelnik, raziskovalec umetne inteligence na Institutu Jožef Stefan in eden najvidnejših slovenskih strokovnjakov za AI, podatkovno znanost in digitalno transformacijo. Je član skupin OECD in Evropske komisije. =================== V epizodi se dotakneva naslednjih tematik: Vzpon umetne inteligence in njen nepričakovani vpliv Tehnološki napredek in zakoni skaliranja Razvoj jezikovnih modelov Opredelitev inteligence in vloga umetne inteligence Avtonomna umetna inteligenca in znanstvena odkritja Globalno tekmovanje na področju umetne inteligence in geopolitične posledice Prihodnost umetne inteligence v družbi Vloga umetne inteligence v znanstvenem in tehnološkem napredku Vpliv umetne inteligence na globalno razmerje moči Vključevanje umetne inteligence v vsakdanje življenje
What does digital trust really mean in today's AI-driven world? How are AI and quantum technologies changing the way organizations build and maintain trust? How can businesses act responsibly and ethically while embracing innovation?In this episode, Punit Bhatia talks with Sebastian Hallensleben, an expert in AI governance and digital trust. They discussed how the EU's common AI standards and the OECD's business guidance are helping shape the next phase of responsible and trustworthy innovation. Together, they explore how trust, ethics, and compliance come together in a world powered by AI and quantum technology.
The OECD just published the parameters of a deal that would exempt US companies from two key enforcement rules in the global minimum tax framework. The deal, which spans 88 pages in the form of administrative guidance, includes a slew of safe harbor rules that address everything from how US companies can get the exemption to more advantageous treatment of substance-based tax incentives like the US R&D credit. It includes a permanent, simplified global minimum tax calculation. Other countries would be able to obtain carve-outs like the ones obtained by the US and its multinational companies—if they meet certain criteria. This week on Talking Tax, reporters Lauren Vella and Somesh Jha discuss why the deal and the timing of its release is important, what it means for multinational businesses, how key US lawmakers reacted, and what the deal means for the efficacy of the global minimum tax going forward. Do you have feedback on this episode of Talking Tax? Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 703-341-3690.
Dr. DebWhat if I told you that the stomach acid medication you’re taking for heartburn is actually causing the problem it’s supposed to solve that your doctor learned virtually nothing about nutrition, despite spending 8 years in medical school. That the very system claiming to heal you was deliberately designed over a hundred years ago by an oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, to create lifelong customers, not healthy people. Last week a patient spent thousands of dollars on tests and treatments for acid reflux, only to discover she needed more stomach acid, not less. The medication keeping her sick was designed to do exactly that. Today we’re exposing the greatest medical deception in modern history, how a petroleum empire systematically destroyed natural healing wisdom turned medicine into a profit machine. And why the treatments, keeping millions sick were engineered that way from the beginning. This isn’t about conspiracy theories. This is a documented history that explains why you feel so lost about your own body’s needs welcome back to let’s talk wellness. Now the show where we uncover the root causes of chronic illness, explore cutting edge regenerative medicine, and empower you with the tools to heal. I’m Dr. Deb. And today we’re diving into how the Rockefeller Medical Empire systematically destroyed natural healing wisdom and replaced it with profit driven systems that keeps you dependent on treatments instead of achieving true health. If you or someone you love has been running to the doctor for every minor ailment, taking acid blockers that seem to make digestive problems worse, or feeling confused about basic body functions that our ancestors understood instinctively. This episode is for you. So, as usual, grab a cup of coffee, tea, or whatever helps you unwind. Settle in and let’s get started on your journey to reclaiming your health sovereignty all right. So here we are talking about the Rockefeller Medical Revolution. Now, what if your symptoms aren’t true diagnosis, but rather the predictable result of a medical system designed over a hundred years ago to create lifelong customers instead of healthy people. Now I learned this when I was in naturopathic school over 20 years ago. And it hasn’t been talked about a lot until recently. Recently. People are exposing the truth about what actually happened in our medical system. And today I want to take you back to the early 19 hundreds to understand how we lost the basic health wisdom that sustained humanity for thousands of years. Yes, I said that thousands of years. This isn’t conspiracy theory. This is documented history. That explains why you feel so lost when it comes to your own body’s needs. You know by the turn of the 20th century. According to meridian health Clinic’s documentation. Rockefeller controlled 90% of all petroleum refineries in America and through ownership of the Standard Oil Corporation. But Rockefeller saw an opportunity that went far beyond oil. He recognized that petrochemicals could be the foundation for a completely new medical system. And here’s what most people don’t know. Natural and herbal medicines were very popular in America during the early 19 hundreds. According to Staywell, Copper’s historical analysis, almost one half of medical colleges and doctors in America were practicing holistic medicine, using extensive knowledge from Europe and native American traditions. People understood that food was medicine, that the body had natural healing mechanisms, and that supporting these mechanisms was the key to health. But there was a problem with the Rockefeller’s business plan. Natural medicines couldn’t be patented. They couldn’t make a lot of money off of them, because they couldn’t hold a patent. Petrochemicals, however, could be patented, could be owned, and could be sold for high profits. So Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie devised a systematic plan to eliminate natural medicine and replace it with petrochemical based pharmaceuticals and according to E. Richard Brown’s comprehensive academic documentation in Rockefeller, medicine men. Medicine, and capitalism in America. They employed the services of Abraham Flexner, who proceeded to visit and assess every single medical school in us and in Canada. Within a very short time of this development, medical schools all around the us began to collapse or consolidate. The numbers are staggering. By 1910 30 schools had merged, and 21 had closed their doors of the 166 medical colleges operating in 19 0, 4, a hundred 33 had survived by 1910 and a hundred 4 by 1915, 15 years later, only 76 schools of medicine existed in the Us. And they all followed the same curriculum. This wasn’t just about changing medical education. According to Staywell’s copper historical analysis. Rockefeller and Carnegie influenced insurance companies to stop covering holistic treatments. Medical professionals were trained in the new pharmaceutical model and natural solutions became outdated or forgotten. Not only that alternative healthcare practitioners who wanted to stay practicing in alternative medicine were imprisoned for doing so as documented by the potency number 710. The goal was clear, create a system where scientists would study how plants cure disease, identify which chemicals in the plants were effective and then recreate a similar but not identical chemical in the laboratory that would be patented. E. Richard Brown’s documents. The story of how a powerful professional elite gained virtual homogeny in the western theater of healing by effectively taking control of the ethos and practice of Western medicine. The result, according to the healthcare spending data, the United States now spends 17.6% of its Gdp on health care 4.9 trillion dollars in 2023, or 14,570 per person nearly twice as much as the average Oecd country. But it doesn’t focus on cure. But on symptoms, and thus creating recurring clients. This systematic destruction of natural medicine explains why today’s healthcare providers often seem baffled by simple questions about nutrition why they immediately reach for a prescription medication for minor ailments, and why so many people feel disconnected from their own body’s wisdom. We’ve been trained over 4 generations to believe that our bodies are broken, and that symptoms are diseases rather than messages, and that external interventions are always superior to supporting natural healing processes. But here’s what they couldn’t eliminate your body’s innate wisdom. Your digestive system still functions the same way it did a hundred years ago. Your immune system still follows the same patterns. The principles of nutrition, movement and stress management haven’t changed. We’ve just forgotten how to listen and respond. We’re gonna take a small break here and hear from our sponsor. When we come back. We’re gonna talk about the acid reflux deception, and why your cure is making you sicker, so don’t go away all right, welcome back. So I want to give you a perfect example of how Rockefeller medicine has turned natural body wisdom upside down, the treatment of acid, reflux, and heartburn. Every single day in my practice I see patients who’ve been taking acid blocker medications, proton pump inhibitors like prilosec nexium or prevacid for years, not for weeks, years, and sometimes even decades. They come to me because their digestive problems are getting worse, not better. They have bloating and gas and nutrition deficiencies. And we’re seeing many more increased food sensitivities. And here’s what’s happening in the Us. Most people often attribute their digestive problems to too much stomach acid. And they use medications to suppress the stomach acid, but, in fact symptoms of chronic acid, reflux, heartburn, or gerd, can also be caused by too little stomach acid, a condition called hyper. Sorry hypochlorhydria normal stomach acid has a Ph level of one to 2, which is highly acidic. Hydrochloric acid plays an important role in your digestion and your immunity. It helps to break down proteins and absorb essential nutrients, and it helps control viruses and bacteria that might otherwise infect your stomach. But here’s the crucial part that most people don’t understand, and, according to Cleveland clinic, your stomach secretes lower amounts of hydrochloric acid. As you age. Hypochlorhydria is more common in people over the age of 40, and even more common over the age of 65. Webmd states that the stomach acid can produce less acid as a result of aging and being 65 or older is a risk factor for developing hypochlorhydria. We’ve been treating this in my practice for a long time. It’s 1 of the main foundations that we learn as naturopathic practitioners and as naturopathic doctors, and there are times where people need these medications, but they were designed to be used short term not long term in a 2,013 review published in Medical News today, they found that hypochlorhydria is the main change in the stomach acid of older adults. and when you have hypochlorydria, poor digestion from the lack of stomach, acid can create gas bubbles that rise into your esophagus or throat, carrying stomach acid with them. You experience heartburn and assume that you have too much acid. So you take acid blockers which makes the underlying problem worse. Now, here’s something that will shock you. PPI’s protein pump inhibitors were originally studied and approved by the FDA for short-term use only according to research published in us pharmacists, most cases of peptic ulcers resolve in 6 to 8 weeks with PPI therapy, which is what these medications were created for. Originally the American family physician reports that for erosive esophagitis. Omeprazole is indicated for short term 4 to 8 weeks. That’s it. Treatment and healing and done if needed. An additional 4 to 8 weeks of therapy may be considered and the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, States. Guidelines recommended a treatment duration of 8 weeks with standard once a day dosing for a PPI for Gerd. The Canadian family physician, published guidelines where a team of healthcare professionals recommended prescribing Ppis in adults who suffer from heartburn and who have completed a minimum treatment of 4 weeks in which symptoms were relieved. Yet people are taking these medications for years, even decades far beyond their intended duration of use and a study published in Pmc. Found that the threshold for defining long-term PPI use varied from 2 weeks to 7 years of PPI use. But the most common definition was greater than one year or 6 months, according to the research in clinical context, use of Ppis for more than 8 weeks could be reasonably defined as long-term use. Now let’s talk about what these acid blocker medications are actually doing to your body when used. Long term. The research on long term PPI use is absolutely alarming. According to the comprehensive review published in pubmed central Pmc. Long-term use of ppis have been associated with serious adverse effects, including kidney disease, cardiovascular disease fractures because you’re not absorbing your nutrients, and you’re being depleted. Infections, including C. Diff pneumonia, micronutrient deficiencies and hypomagnesium a low level of magnesium anemia, vitamin, b, deficiency, hypocalcemia, low calcium, low potassium. and even cancers, including gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer. And hepatic cancer and we are seeing all of these cancers on a rise, and we are now linking them back to some of these medications. Mayo clinic proceedings published research showing that recent studies regarding long-term use of PPI medication have noted potential adverse effects, including risks of fracture, pneumonia, C diff, which is a diarrhea. It’s a bacteria, low magnesium, low b 12 chronic kidney disease and even dementia. And a 2024 study published in nature communications, analyzing over 2 million participants from 5 cohorts found that PPI use correlated with increased risk of 15 leading global diseases, such as ischemic heart disease. Diabetes, respiratory infections, chronic kidney disease. And these associations showed dose response relationships and consistency across different PPI types. Now think about this. You take a medication for heartburn that was designed for 4 to 8 weeks of use, and when used long term, it actually increases your risk of life, threatening infections, kidney disease, and dementia. This is the predictable result of suppressing a natural body function that exists for important reasons. Hci plays a key role in many physiological processes. It triggers, intestinal hormones, prepares folate and B 12 for absorption, and it’s essential for absorption of minerals, including calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc, and iron. And when you block acid production, you create a cascade of nutritional deficiencies and immune system problems that often manifest as seemingly unrelated health issues. So what’s the natural approach? Instead of suppressing stomach acid, we need to support healthy acid production and address the root cause of reflux healthcare. Providers may prescribe hcl supplements like betaine, hydrochloric acid. Bhcl is what it’s called. Sometimes it’s called betaine it’s often combined with enzymes like pepsin or amylase or lipase, and it’s used to treat hydrochloric acid deficiency, hypochlorhydria. These supplements can help your digestion and sometimes help your stomach acid gradually return back to normal levels where you may not need to use them all the time. Simple strategies include consuming protein at the beginning of the meal to stimulate Hcl production, consume fluids separately at least 30 min away from meals, if you can, and address the underlying cause like chronic stress and H. Pylori infections. This is such a sore subject for me. So many people walk around with an H. Pylori infection. It’s a bacterial infection in the stomach that can cause stomach ulcers, causes a lot of stomach pain and burning. and nobody is treating the infection. It’s a bacterial infection. We don’t treat this anymore with antibiotics or antimicrobials. We treat it with Ppis. But, Ppis don’t fix the problem. You have to get rid of the bacteria once the bacteria is gone, the gut lining can heal. Now it is a common bacteria. It can reoccur quite frequently. It’s highly contagious, so you can pick it up from other people, and it may need multiple courses of treatment over a person’s lifetime. But you’re actually treating the problem. You’re getting rid of the bacteria that’s creating the issue instead of suppressing the acid. That’s not fixing the bacteria which then leads to a whole host of other problems that we just talked about. There are natural approaches to increase stomach acid, including addressing zinc deficiency. And since the stomach uses zinc to produce Hcl. Taking probiotics to help support healthy gut bacteria and using digestive bitters before meals can be really helpful. This is exactly what I mean about reclaiming the body’s wisdom. Instead of suppressing natural functions, we support them instead of creating drug dependency, we restore normal physiology. Instead of treating symptoms indefinitely, we address the root cause and help the body heal itself. In many cultures. Bitters is a common thing to use before or after a meal. But yet in the American culture we don’t do that anymore. We’ve not passed on that tradition. So very few people understand how to use bitters, or what bitters are, or why they’re important. And these basic things that can be used in your food and cooking and taking could replace thousands of dollars of medication that you don’t really need. That can create many more problems along the way. Now, why does your doctor know nothing about nutrition. Well, I want to address something that might shock you all. The reason your doctor seems baffled when you ask about nutrition isn’t because they’re not intelligent. It’s because they literally never learned this in medical school statistics on nutritional education in medical schools are staggering and help explain why we have such a health literacy crisis in America. According to recent research published in multiple academic journals, only 27% of Us. Medical schools actually offer students. The recommended 25 h of nutritional training across 4 years of medical school. That means 73% of the medical schools don’t even meet the minimum standards set in 1985. But wait, it gets worse. A 2021 survey of medical schools in the Us. And the Uk. Found that most students receive an average of only 11 h of nutritional training throughout their entire medical program. and another recent study showed that in 2023 a survey of more than a thousand Us. Medical students. About 58% of these respondents said they received no formal nutritional education while in medical school. For 4 years those who did averaged only 3 h. I’m going to say this again because it’s it’s huge 3 h of nutritional education per year. So let me put this in perspective during 4 years of medical school most students spend fewer than 20 h on nutrition that’s completely disproportionate to its health benefits for patients to compare. They’ll spend hundreds of hours learning about pharmaceutical interventions, but virtually no time learning how food affects health and disease. Now, could this be? Why, when we talk about nutrition to lower cholesterol levels or control your diabetes, they blow you off, and they don’t answer you. It’s because they don’t understand. But yet what they’ll say is, people won’t change their diet. That’s why you have to take medication. That’s not true. I will tell you. I work with people every single day who are willing to change their diet. They’re just confused by all the information that’s out there today about nutrition. And what diet is the right diet to follow? Do I do, Paleo? Do I do? Aip? Do I do carnivore? Do I do, Keto? Do I do? Low carb? There’s so many diets out there today? It’s confusing people. So I digress. But let’s go back. So here’s the kicker. The limited time medical students do spend on nutrition office often focuses on nutrients think proteins and carbohydrates rather than training in topics such as motivational interviewing or meal planning, and as one Stanford researcher noted, we physicians often sound like chemists rather than counselors who can speak with patients about diet. Isn’t that true? We can speak super high level up here, but we can’t talk basics about nutrition. And this explains why only 14% of the physicians believe they were adequately trained in nutritional counseling. Once they entered practice and without foundational concepts of nutrition in undergrad work. Graduate medical education unsurprisingly falls short of meeting patients, needs for nutritional guidance in clinical practice, and meanwhile diet, sensitive chronic diseases continue to escalate. Although they are largely preventable and treatable by nutritional therapies and dietary. Lifestyle changes. Now think about this. Diet. Related diseases are the number one cause of death in the Us. The number one cause. Yet many doctors receive little to no nutritional education in medical school, and according to current health statistics from 2017 to march of 2020. Obesity prevalence was 19.7% among us children and adolescents affecting approximately 14.7 million young people. About 352,000 Americans, under the age of 20, have been diagnosed with diabetes. Let me say this again, because these numbers are astounding to me. 352,000 Americans, under the age of 20, have been diagnosed with diabetes with 5,300 youth diagnosed with type, 2 diabetes annually. Yet the very professionals we turn to for health. Guidance were never taught how food affects these conditions and what drug has come to the rescue Glp. One S. Ozempic wegovy. They’re great for weight loss. They’re great for treating diabetes. But why are they here? Well, these numbers are. Why, they’re here. This is staggering to put 352,000 Americans under the age of 20 on a glp, one that they’re going to be on for the rest of their lives at a minimum of $1,200 per month. All we have to do is do the math, you guys, and we can see exactly what’s happening to our country, and who is getting rich, and who is getting the short end of the stick. You’ve become a moneymaker to the pharmaceutical industry because nobody has taught you how to eat properly, how to live, how to have a healthy lifestyle, and how to prevent disease, or how to actually reverse type 2 diabetes, because it’s reversible in many cases, especially young people. And we do none of that. All we do is prescribe medications. Metformin. Glp, one for the rest of your life from 20 years old to 75, or 80, you’re going to be taking medications that are making the pharmaceutical companies more wealth and creating a disease on top of a disease on top of a disease. These deficiencies in nutritional education happen at all levels of medical training, and there’s been little improvement, despite decades of calls for reform. In 1985, the National Academy of Sciences report that they recommended at least 25 h of nutritional education in medical school. But a 2015 study showed only 29% of medical schools met this goal, and a 2023 study suggests the problem has become even worse. Only 7.8% of medical students reported 20 or more hours of nutritional education across all 4 years of medical school. This systemic lack of nutrition, nutritional education has been attributed to several factors a dearth of qualified instructors for nutritional courses, since most physicians do not understand nutrition well enough to teach it competition for curriculum time, with schools focusing on pharmaceutical interventions rather than lifestyle medicine and a lack of external incentives that support schools, teaching nutrition. And ironically, many medical schools are part of universities that have nutrition departments with Phd. Trained professors who could fill this gap by teaching nutrition in medical schools but those classes are often taught by physicians who may not have adequate nutritional training themselves. This explains so much about what I see in my practice. Patients come to me confused and frustrated because their primary care doctors can’t answer basic questions about how food affects their health conditions. And these doctors aren’t incompetent. They simply were never taught this information. And the result is that these physicians graduate, knowing how to prescribe medications for diabetes, but not how dietary changes can prevent or reverse it. They can treat high blood pressure with pharmaceuticals, but they may not know that specific nutritional approaches can be equally or more effective. This isn’t the doctor’s fault. It’s the predictable result of medical education systems that was deliberately designed to focus on patentable treatments rather than natural healing approaches. And remember this traces back to the Rockefeller influence on medical education. You can’t patent an apple or a vegetable. But you can patent a drug now. Why can’t we trust most medical studies? Well this just gets even better. I need to address something that’s crucial for you to understand as you navigate health information. Why so much of the medical research you hear about in the news is biased, and why peer Review isn’t the gold standard of truth you’ve been told it is. The corruption in medical research by pharmaceutical companies is not a conspiracy theory. It’s well documented scientific fact, according to research, published in frontiers, in research, metrics and analytics. When pharmaceutical and other companies sponsor research, there is a bias. A systematic tendency towards results serving their interests. But the bias is not seen in the formal factors routinely associated with low quality science. A Cochrane Review analyzed 75 studies of the association between industry, funding, and trial results, and these authors concluded that trials funded by a drug or device company were more likely to have positive conclusions and statistically significant results, and that this association could not be explained by differences in risk of bias between industry and non-industry funded trials. So think about that. According to the Cochrane collaboration, industry funding itself should be considered a standard risk of bias, a factor in clinical trials. Studies published in science and engineering ethics show that industry supported research is much more likely to yield positive outcomes than research with any other sponsorship. And here’s how the bias gets introduced through choice of compartor agents, multiple publications of positive trials and non-publication of negative trials reinterpreting data submitted to regulatory agencies, discordance between results and conclusions, conflict of interest leading to more positive conclusions, ghostwriting and the use of seating trials. Research, published in the American Journal of Medicine. Found that a result favorable to drug study was reported by all industry, supported studies compared with two-thirds of studies, not industry, supported all industry, supported studies showed favorable results. That’s not science that’s marketing, masquerading as research. And according to research, published in sciencedirect the peer review system which we’re told ensures quality. Science has a major limitation. It has proved to be unable to deal with conflicts of interest, especially in big science contexts where prestigious scientists may have similar biases and conflicts of interest are widely shared among peer reviewers. Even government funded research can have conflicts of interest. Research published in pubmed States that there are significant benefits to authors and investigators in participating in government funded research and to journals in publishing it, which creates potentially biased information that are rarely acknowledged. And, according to research, published in frontiers in research, metrics, and analytics, the pharmaceutical industry has essentially co-opted medical knowledge systems for their particular interests. Using its very substantial resources. Pharmaceutical companies take their own research and smoothly integrate it into medical science. Taking advantage of the legitimacy of medical institutions. And this corruption means that much of what passes for medical science is actually influenced by commercial interests rather than pursuant of truth. Research published in Pmc. Shows that industry funding affects the results of clinical trials in predictable directions, serving the interests of the funders rather than the patients. So where can we get this reliable, unbiased Health information, because this is critically important, because your health decisions should be based on the best available evidence, not marketing disguised as science. And so here are some sources that I recommend for trustworthy health and nutritional information. They’re independent academic sources. According to Harvard Chan School of public health their nutritional, sourced, implicitly states their content is free from industry, influence, or support. The Linus Pauling Institute, Micronutrient Information Center at Oregon State University, which, according to the Glendale Community college Research Guide provides scientifically accurate information about vitamins, minerals, and other dietary factors. This Institute has been around for decades. I’ve used it a lot. I’ve gotten a lot of great information from them. Very, very trustworthy. According to the Glendale Community College of Nutrition Resource guide Tufts, University of Human Nutritional Research Center on aging is one of 6 human nutrition research centers supported by the United States Department of Agriculture, the Usda. Their peer reviewed journals with strong editorial independence though you must still check funding resources. And how do you evaluate this information? Online? Well, according to medlineplus and various health literacy guides when evaluating health information medical schools and large professional or nonprofit organizations are generally reliable sources, but remember, it is tainted by the Rockefeller method. So, for example, the American College of cardiology. Excuse me. Professional organization and the American Heart Institute a nonprofit are both reliable sources. Sorry about that of information on heart health and watch out for ads designed to look like neutral health information. If the site is funded by ads they should be clearly marked as advertisements. Excuse me, I guess I’m talking just a little too much now. So when the fear of medicine becomes deadly. Now, I want to address something critically important that often gets lost in conversations about health, sovereignty, and questioning the medical establishment. And while I’ve spent most of this episode explaining how the Rockefeller medical system has created dependency and suppressed natural healing wisdom. There’s a dangerous pendulum swing happening that I see in my practice. People becoming so fearful of pharmaceutical interventions that they refuse lifesaving treatments when they’re genuinely needed. This is where balance and clinical judgment become absolutely essential. Yes, we need to reclaim our basic health literacy and reduce our dependency on unnecessary medical interventions. But there are serious bacterial infections that require immediate antibiotic treatment, and the consequences of avoiding treatment can be devastating or even fatal. So let me share some examples from research that illustrate when antibiotic fear becomes dangerous. Let’s talk about Lyme disease, and when natural approaches might not be enough. The International Lyme Disease Association ilads has conducted extensive research on chronic lyme disease, and their findings are sobering. Ileds defines chronic lyme disease as a multi-system illness that results from an active and ongoing infection of pathogenic members of the Borrelia Brdorferi complex. And, according to ilads research published in their treatment guidelines, the consequences of untreated persistent lyme infection far outweigh the potential consequences of long-term antibiotic therapy in well-designed trials of antibiotic retreatment in patients with severe fatigue, 64% in the treatment arm obtained clinically significant and sustained benefit from additional antibiotic therapy. Ilas emphasizes that cases of chronic borrelia require individualized treatment plans, and when necessary antibiotic therapy should be extended their research demonstrates that 20 days of prophylactic antibiotic treatment may be highly effective for preventing the onset of lyme disease. After known tick bites and patients with early Lyme disease may be best served by receiving 4 to 6 weeks of antibiotic therapy. Research published in Pmc. Shows that patients with untreated infections may go on to develop chronic, debilitating, multisystem illnesses that is difficult to manage, and numerous studies have documented persistent Borrelia, burgdorferi infection in patients with persistent symptoms of neurological lyme disease following short course. Antibiotic treatment and animal models have demonstrated that short course. Antibiotic therapy may fail to eradicate lyme spirochetes short course is a 1 day. One pill treatment of doxycycline. Or less than 20 days of antibiotics, is considered a short course. It’s not long enough to kill the bacteria. The bacteria’s life cycle is about 21 days, so if you don’t treat the infection long enough, the likelihood of that infection returning is significant. They’ve also done studies in the petri dish, where they show doxycycline being put into a petri dish with active lyme and doxycycline does not kill the infection, it just slows the replication of it. Therefore, using only doxycycline, which is common practice in lyme disease may not completely eradicate that infection for you. So let’s talk about another life threatening emergency. C. Diff clostridia difficile infection, which represents another example where antibiotic treatment is absolutely essential, despite the fact that C diff itself is often triggered by antibiotic use. According to Cleveland clinic C. Diff is estimated to cause almost half a million infections in the United States each year, with 500,000 infections, causing 15,000 deaths each year. Studies reported by Pmc. Found thirty-day Cdi. Mortality rates ranging from 6 to 11% and hospitalized Cdi patients have significantly increased the risk of mortality and complications. Research published in Pmc shows that 16.5% of Cdi patients experience sepsis and that this increases with reoccurrences 27.3% of patients with their 1st reoccurrence experience sepsis. While 33.1% with 2 reoccurrences and 43.2% with 3 or more reoccurrences. Mortality associated with sepsis is very high within hospital 30 days and 12 month mortality rates of 24%, 30% and 58% respectively. According to the Cdc treatment for C diff infection usually involves taking a specific antibiotic, such as vancomycin for at least 10 days, and while this seems counterintuitive, treating an antibiotic associated infection with more antibiotics. It’s often lifesaving. Now let’s talk about preventing devastating complications. Strep throat infections. Provide perhaps the clearest example of when antibiotic treatment prevents serious long-term consequences, and, according to Mayo clinic, if untreated strep throat can cause complications such as kidney inflammation and rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever can lead to painful and inflamed joints, and a specific type of rash of heart valve damage. We also know that strep can cause pans pandas, which is a systemic infection, often causing problems with severe Ocd. And anxiety and affecting mostly young people. The research is unambiguous. According to the Cleveland clinic. Rheumatic fever is a rare complication of untreated strep, throat, or scarlet fever that most commonly affects children and teens, and in severe cases it can lead to serious health problems that can affect your child’s heart. Joints and organs. And research also shows that the rate of development of rheumatic fever in individuals with untreated strep infections is estimated to be 3%. The incidence of reoccurrence with a subsequent untreated infection is substantially greater. About 50% the rate of development is far lower in individuals who have received antibiotic treatment. And according to the World health organization, rheumatic heart disease results from the inflammation and scarring of the heart valves caused by rheumatic fever, and if rheumatic fever is not treated promptly, rheumatic heart disease may occur, and rheumatic heart disease weakens the valves between the chambers of the heart, and severe rheumatic heart disease can require heart surgery and result in death. The who states that rheumatic heart disease remains the leading cause of maternal cardiac complications during pregnancy. And additionally, according to the National Kidney foundation. After your child has either had throat or skin strep infection, they can develop post strep glomerial nephritis. The Strep bacteria travels to the kidneys and makes the filtering units of the kidneys inflamed, causing the kidneys to be able to unable or less able to fill and filter urine. This can develop one to 2 weeks after an untreated throat infection, or 3 to 4 weeks after an untreated skin infection. We need to find balance. And here’s what I want you to understand. Questioning the medical establishment and developing health literacy doesn’t mean rejecting all medical interventions. It means developing the wisdom to know when they’re necessary and lifesaving versus when they’re unnecessary and potentially harmful. When I see patients with confirmed lyme disease, serious strep infections or life. Threatening conditions like C diff. I don’t hesitate to recommend appropriate therapy but I also work to support their overall health address, root causes, protect and restore their gut microbiome and help them recover their natural resilience. The goal isn’t to avoid all medical interventions. It’s to use them wisely when truly needed, while simultaneously supporting your body’s inherent healing capacity and addressing the lifestyle factors that created the vulnerability. In the 1st place. All of this can be extremely overwhelming, and it can be frightening to understand or learn. But remember, the power that you have is knowledge. The more you learn about what’s actually happening in your health, in understanding nutrition. in learning what your body wants to be fed, and how it feels, and working with practitioners who are holistic in nature, natural, integrative, functional, whatever we want to call that these days. The more you can learn from them, the more control you have over your own health and what I would urge you to do is to teach your children what you’re learning. Teach them how to live a healthy lifestyle, teach them how to keep a clean environment. This is how we take back our own health. So thank you for joining me today on, let’s talk wellness. Now, if this episode resonated with you. Please share it with someone who could benefit from understanding how the Rockefeller medical system has shaped our approach to health, and how to reclaim your body’s wisdom while using medical care appropriately when truly needed. Remember, wellness isn’t just about feeling good. It’s about understanding your body, trusting its wisdom, supporting its natural healing capacity, and knowing when to seek appropriate medical intervention. If you’re ready to explore how functional medicine can help you develop this deeper health knowledge while addressing root causes rather than just managing symptoms. You can get more information from serenityhealthcarecenter.com, or reach out directly to us through our social media channels until next time. I’m Dr. Dab, reminding you that your body is your wisest teacher. Learn to listen, trust the process, use medical care wisely when needed, and take care of your body, mind, and spirit. 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