List of Economics articles
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Demonstrators use makeshift shields as they clash with riot police during a new protest against the government in Medellin, Colombia, on June 16. Solutions for Colombia’s Social Unrest Are in Short Supply
As negotiations between the government and the strike committee stall, what can Colombia expect in the last year of Duque’s presidency?
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Indigenous Minga leave the city of Cali, Colombia Colombia’s “Progress” Leaves Millions Behind
Black and Indigenous citizens have been excluded from the country’s narrative of growth.
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Biden tours Pfizer manufacturing plant Bidenomics Is ‘America First’ With a Brain
Trump’s economic revolution is alive and well—and continuing in abler hands.
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A man carries a banner during a demonstration in Ojota in Lagos, Nigeria on June 12, 2021. Nigeria’s Twitter Ban Is an Economic Disaster in the Making
A promising tech transformation may be disrupted by the president’s ego.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a session meeting during the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg on July 27, 2018. Is India the New China in Africa?
Promising a more inclusive and transparent development model, New Delhi is looking to become the region’s biggest partner.
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele El Salvador Is Printing Money With Bitcoin
Nayib Bukele doesn’t want to ditch dollars. He just wants his own.
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Truck at a roadblock in Democratic Republic of the Congo It’s the Roads, Stupid
Armed checkpoints along key trade routes—not natural resources—are the key to financing rebel groups and insurgencies around the world.
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Jian, China, border with North Korea Across the North Korean Border in China, an Economic Winter That Never Ends
The pandemic killed hopes of a trade boom.
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Bideneconomics_economy-reagan-trickle-down-mike-mcquade-illustration-homepage The Bidenomics Revolution
If he succeeds, the president will cast 40 years of economic doctrine on history’s ash heap. But that’s a big if.
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ever-given-stuck-supply-chain-timo-lenzen-illustration-Bottle_R6_SW_V1 The Ever Given Crew Are Still Stuck at Sea
Here’s why and what their story means for other seafarers.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Is Biden’s Global Corporate Tax a Revolution—or a Retreat?
Progressives are upset with Biden’s modest proposal, but if implemented it would be a big step in global tax reform.
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Belarus democracy protesters in Berlin To Get at Lukashenko, Punish His ‘Moneybags’
To impress the Belarusian dictator, go after his and his associates’ wealth.
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Hospital workers install new intensive care beds Argentina Is the Pandemic’s Latest Hot Spot
An overloaded health system struggles to deal with a deadly second wave of the coronavirus.
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Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Castillo delivers a speech to supporters from a balcony at his campaign headquarters during his closing rally in Lima on June 3, ahead of the June 6 runoff election against Keiko Fujimori. Peru’s New President Will Polarize the Country
Peruvians may gamble on a leftist political unknown or bring a controversial right-wing politician into office.
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Anti-Amazon activists gather for a rally in Fournès, France. Big Tech and Other Multinationals Are About to Pay a Lot More in Taxes
Biden and the Europeans are close to agreement on a virtual revolution in international corporate tax policies.