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Sunday 06/January/2019 14:40 PM

Pass on the gas tax

French President Emmanuel Macron is not the first politician to run into trouble over gas taxes. Early last year, striking truckers brought Brazil to a...

Sunday 06/January/2019 14:35 PM

A makeover for Chinese macroeconomic policy

China’s economic performance in 2018 was rather disappointing. According to official statistics, the country’s growth rate up to the end of the third...

Saturday 05/January/2019 14:46 PM

Dirty populists

The election left one of the world’s largest countries deeply divided, handing the presidency to a military-loving, minority-bullying, media-bashing...

Saturday 05/January/2019 14:46 PM

Dirty populists

The election left one of the world’s largest countries deeply divided, handing the presidency to a military-loving, minority-bullying, media-bashing...

Saturday 05/January/2019 14:42 PM

China’s malign secrecy

Secrets may be among the most valuable assets that governments have: the Trojan Horse, the Enigma code, the Manhattan Project, and surprise attacks such as...

Saturday 05/January/2019 14:40 PM

Latin America’s weak economic recovery

Latin America is reaching the end of its fifth consecutive year of anemic economic growth. From 2014 to 2018, annual GDP growth has averaged just 0.5 per...

Wednesday 02/January/2019 14:39 PM

Who benefits from Trump’s trade war?

In 1950, the Canadian-born Princeton University economist Jacob Viner explained a customs union produces a “trade creation” effect, as lower tariffs and...

Wednesday 02/January/2019 14:30 PM

A thimbleful of optimism for 2019

At the end of this year of political trauma and conflict, I found myself feeling an unexpected sense of hope, sitting in Mumbai, where I could see the...