List of Economics articles
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A Guerrero community police member stands guard at an illegal poppy field in Heliodoro Castillo, Guerrero state, Mexico, on March 25, 2018. When Poppies Don’t Pay
With a stark decline in the price fetched by opium gum, Mexico’s government should take strides toward making crop substitution proposals a reality in Guerrero.
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Document of the Week: Risk of Iranian Retaliation Has Long Spooked Gulf Allies
What happens when Washington pushes Tehran too hard.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses a High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament during the 68th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 26, 2013. A Dangerous Game of Nuclear Brinkmanship
By threatening to breach the nuclear deal, Tehran hopes to scare Europe into prodding the United States back to the negotiating table. It may not work.
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Piglets stand in a pen at a pig farm in Yiyang county, in China's central Henan province, on Aug. 10, 2018. China’s Outrage Culture Packs a Mean Punch
UBS is the latest company to cave to irrational but politically powerful demands.
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A photo illustration of euro, U.S. dollar, and British pound notes on Oct. 13, 2017. Europe’s Dream: Escaping the Dictatorship of the Dollar
Trump’s hostile behavior is reinvigorating efforts to turn the euro into an alternative to the world’s dominant currency. If only the Europeans could find some way to do it.
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Policemen and residents demonstrate in the office of the main policy labor union in Tunis, Tunisia on Oct. 28, 2013. Tunisia’s Authoritarians Learn to Love Liberalism
Police unions are using their country’s newfound freedoms to protect themselves—and attack freedom fighters.
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A Chinese worker looks on as a cargo ship is loaded at a port in Qingdao, China, on July 13, 2017. China Is Bluffing in the Trade War
Chinese leaders say they can effectively retaliate against Trump’s tariffs. They’re wrong.
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The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22, 2008. The Fed Is Trump’s Secret Ally in the Trade War
By lowering interest rates, the body is cushioning the blow of tariffs and convincing the president that they are working.
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Youth members prepare for the visit of the head of the Social Democrats, Mette Frederiksen (displayed on banners), at a meeting celebrating the International Workers' Day in Aalborg, Denmark on May 1. Did the Left Really Win in Denmark?
The Social Democrats are poised to lead the next government, but after adopting the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda the party isn’t what it used to be.
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 3, 2016. Egypt’s Economy Isn’t Booming. It’s Collapsing.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sold his country as an investment destination with the IMF’s help—but the living standards of ordinary Egyptians are plummeting as elites line their pockets.
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A satirical balloon of a baby U.S. President Donald Trump is seen through the U.S.-Mexico border fence during a demonstration prior to Trump’s visit to Calexico, California on April 5. FP’s Guide to the U.S.-Mexico Trade War
Ten things to read as relations sour.
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This photograph taken on May 24, 2019 shows garment factory stitching apparel in a factory in Hanoi. Vietnam Can’t Be the Next China
The trade war has been good for Hanoi—but the boom has its limits.
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Microphones with the Huawei logo are seen at a press conference at the Huawei facilities in Shenzhen, Guangdong province on May 29, 2019 Huawei’s PR Campaign Comes Straight From the Party’s Playbook
The trade war is showing how deep Beijing’s global influence runs.
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Migrants board a U.S. Customs and Border Protection van after being detained at the border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on May 7. The World This Weekend
The U.S.-Mexico relationship takes a hit, a shake-up in the Knesset, and Britain’s search for another prime minister.
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City on May 31. Trump Starts a New Trade Fight in the Middle of an Old One
The end result could be a recession and a closer relationship between China and Mexico.
