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The Reassertion of National Self-Interest

The Great Society is making a comeback with Big Brother possibly in attendance. After a decades-long retreat from public life,…

5 years ago

Turbulence in African Skies

Not all airlines are dropping like flies. Whilst Ethiopian Airlines suffered a loss of about $550 million in the first…

5 years ago

Robed Culprits and the Struggles of Corporate America

Blame the US Supreme Court. The oftentimes maddingly short-sighted behaviour of Corporate America does not necessarily spring from the narcissism…

5 years ago

Waterloo or Austerlitz: EU Nears Moment of Truth

The European Union approaches a now-or-never moment when leaders of the 27-strong bloc meet in a video conference to discuss…

5 years ago

Tinkering with a Spanish Proposal

It is an idea that just refuses to die. Mere days after a Dutch-led cabal of northern Eurozone finance ministers…

5 years ago

Making Sense of Irrational Markets and Conflicting Data

This is how an economy is destroyed: ignore small businesses because small isn’t beautiful but complicated, cumbersome, risky, and a…

5 years ago

Dull but Sound: Ordoliberalism to the Rescue

A hallmark of quality recognised the world over, ‘Made in Germany’ represents a welcome victory of content over hype. The…

5 years ago

Lessons from China

For the first time in nearly half a century China’s economy has stopped growing. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)…

5 years ago

The Great Lockdown and Echoes from the Past

The brief and uneventful interlude that followed the Great Recession of 2007-13 has been supplanted by the Great Lockdown of…

5 years ago

Debt Relief Needed to Preserve 30 Years of Progress

A grand coalition of creditors is to provide debt relief to the world’s least developed countries. Earlier this week, the…

5 years ago