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The End of the Second Elizabethan Era

Many Truss-backers within the Conservative Party may have to learn the hard way that what is really holding back the UK economy are the economic costs of Brexit.

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Boosting Transatlantic Technology Cooperation

The EU and the U.S. need to address the real technology competitiveness challenge, which is China.

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The Tourist Conquest of Space

Is private space flight just a thrill for the highly privileged, a horse race for U.S. billionaires?

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Inequality à la San Francisco: A Warning for America’s Future

Karl Marx and the dark side of the tech revolution

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Covid, Greed and the Super Rich

While Covid-19 has taken a terrible financial toll on millions, thousands have profited like never before!

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Jeffrey Sachs: Xi Propagandist?

One does not need to be a hardliner on China, just a global realist, to see that there is a vast gap between Xi’s rhetoric and reality.

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WTO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s Long and Winding Road

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first African and the first woman to serve in the WTO’s top post. But she faces formidable challenges.

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Is Democracy in Decline Globally?

Corruption and debt darken the global outlook for democracy.

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Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum Run Away from Their Past

We are no fans of neo-liberalism. But look who is now suddenly disavowing it.

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Quo Vadis, Argentina?

Why is Argentina in such a sorry state, economically, politically and socially?

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