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The Ugly Face of Inequality in India
Income inequality in India has hit its highest level in 92 years. New figures from Credit Suisse suggest the…
The Hidden Economics Behind Antibiotic Resistance
Late last year, a woman in Nevada died of an infection inflicted by a pan-resistance bacterium. The bacteria was…
Trump’s Penthouse Populism and the Republican Tax Plan…
A year into the Trump administration, the Republican Party is on track to enact a major overhaul of the US…
The Fall of an Empire: President Mugabe’s…
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his party the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)…
Cashiers and Coal Miners: The Decline of Two Sectors
Towards the end of November, Americans partook in the annual ritual of Black Friday, when customers line up, still…
Banking without a Central Bank
Until a few years ago, cryptocurrency was a fringe concept embraced by the savvy few, with little…
“¿Por qué no te callas?”: Venezuela’s…
In 1527, Spanish conquistador Juan Martínez de Ampiés sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to help establish one of the…
Slavery – Not an Institution of the Past
Currently, every country around the world has abolished slavery, though the final country to do so was Mauritania,…
Japan and Its Foreign Workers
Technology has allowed global citizens to travel easily from one place to another, and it is common to have foreign…
China and Bitcoins: A Complicated Relationship
Cryptocurrency, a form of digital currency using cryptography, is on the rise due to its two main characteristics:…
The Value of Pragmatism: Challenges and Opportunities…
The Eurozone’s imperfect monetary union eats away at the political and social project of the EU as a whole. As…
The Controversy of Used Clothing: East African-US Trade…
On October 12th the New York Times brought the discussion of second hand clothing in East Africa to the mainstream.…