List of Economics articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Leave It to Hillary
The president arrives at a turning point, but it's unclear whether it means a new Obama or a punt to tomorrow.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Women and Children for Sale
A new U.N. report paints a terrifying picture of life under the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Will the Standoff in Hong Kong End?
Protesters and authorities both hold their ground, amid hopes of civil awakening -- and fears of another Tiananmen.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 London’s Hong Kong Blunder
How the United Kingdom lost the loyalty of the island city's people.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Oil Prices Are Falling, Not Oil Regimes
Yes, crude oil is still in headlong retreat from its summertime peak. But that doesn't mean that all petrostates are trembling.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Do Brazilian Women Really Reign Supreme?
Brazil's woman-versus-woman presidential race suggests that feminism has triumphed. The reality is more complicated. The first in our series of Lab Reports on Brazil.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Way Out of Crisis
Robust reform can seem impossible for governments mired in corruption. But the solution is pretty simple: Focus on policies, not politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Notes on a Turkish Conspiracy
How the looming end of a 100-year-old treaty exposes the existential paranoia at the heart of Erdogan’s foreign policy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘I Am Only Looking Up to Paradise’
The French government doesn't have to worry about Abu Mariam coming home from the jihad in Syria. He wants to go to heaven.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obamacare May Hold the Key to Saving the U.S. from Ebola
The 43.3 million uninsured Americans are the country’s greatest vulnerability when it comes to stopping the world’s scariest virus.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In China, Shrugs and Sneers for Hong Kong Protesters
The mainland has had a rocky relationship with the special city for years -- and it's showing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Too Many, Too Late
Syria’s beleaguered moderate rebels have been begging for U.S. airstrikes for years. Now that the bombs are falling, they wish Washington would send its planes back home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ties That Bind
From Afghanistan to Mali to Iraq, training and equipping other countries' militaries has a terrible track record. Why would we want to make it a permanent part of U.S. strategy?