Today's quick reads
Three articles selected for you today from New Internationalist magazine.
The price is not right
520 - July, 2019
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The mushrooming trend of cashing in on fast returns from housing is devastating working people’s lives in cities across the world. UN expert Leilani Farha lays it on the line. Interview by Dinyar Godrej.
The EU-Turkey summit exposes our inhumanity to refugees
Open and democratic societies cannot be built on fear and hatred, writes Nick Dearden.
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