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Monday 19/November/2018 15:27 PM

Rethinking animal agriculture

In mid-July, as a brutal drought decimated crops, some European dairy and meat farmers were forced to cull their herds early to reduce the number of animals...

Monday 19/November/2018 15:14 PM

The case for compensated free trade

Almost all liberals support globalization and oppose economic nationalism. They ignore the mounting evidence that, in its current form, globalization is...

Monday 19/November/2018 14:59 PM

How can countries reduce poverty faster?

Can the world end poverty by 2030, the target set by the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development? The UN General Assembly recently reaffirmed this...

Sunday 18/November/2018 15:24 PM

Electrifying Africa’s labour market

Africa is on the verge of an unemployment crisis portending profound economic, political, and social ramifications. But the crisis can be averted, and one...

Sunday 18/November/2018 15:09 PM

India’s central bank under attack

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has launched an all-out political assault on the Reserve Bank of India, and the barrage of criticism is...

Saturday 17/November/2018 15:36 PM

How not to fight income inequality

Suppose two people hold different opinions about a policy issue. Is it possible to say that one is right and the other wrong, or do they just have different...

Saturday 17/November/2018 15:17 PM

Why freedom of assembly still matters

It is now common knowledge that many democracies around the world are under pressure. But mounting threats to a particularly important democratic right have...