Strengthening Resilience in Developing Countries

Can giant insurance companies help small customers in developing countries bounce back from environmental catastrophes?

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Argentina: What the Pope Left Behind

Now is the time for Argentina, boosted by a new pope in Rome, to stop gaming its economic statistics and focus on real economic reforms.

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Can Income Inequality Destabilize the U.S. Economy?

What are the potential consequences of increasing income inequality in the world’s largest economy?

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Germans Do Consume

Is it really true that German workers’ and consumers’ appetite for shopping and consuming is repressed?

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Brazil and the Global Battle to Eliminate Extreme Poverty

Is Latin America’s largest country providing a global model for how to reduce poverty in lean budgetary times?

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Asia’s Lacking Pride

Why would emerging countries copy the unhealthy eating habits of the West, when their own tradition is so much healthier?

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How Obesity Can Derail China’s Growth

What measures can China and other cultures take to stem the rising tide of obesity, particularly among children, in its population?

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Snow and Politics in Hungary

Can a freak snowstorm show a Central European nation how to get along with its neighbors?

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Mr. Bremer’s Shades of Grey

If a black-or-white political culture is grounds for sending in U.S. troops, then few countries require an invasion more urgently than the United States.

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Europe’s Phony War: Austerians Vs. Deficitarians

Are European nations really well-advised to follow the alluring policy prescriptions of U.S.-based deficit boosters?

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