List of Economics articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Ohio Free Trade Champion Just Introduced a Measure That Could Kill the TPP
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is a free trade champion. But he's introduced a measure that could kill a massive Asian trade partnership.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hollywood’s New Box-Office Battleground: The Chinese Heartland
Forget Beijing and Shanghai. The fates of flicks like Age of Ultron will be decided in places like Changzhou.
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ARUSHA, TANZANIA - NOVEMBER 09: Maasai men prepare to greet Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles, Prince of Walesas they visit Majengo Maasai Boma on November 9, 2011 in Arusha, Tanzania. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are on the final day of a four day tour of Tanzania after a successful trip to South Africa. The Royal couple will be highlighting environmental and social issues during their visit to Africa. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Money Keeps Moving Toward Somalia, Sometimes In Suitcases
Some financial companies in the U.S. resort to carrying cash on airplanes to keep remittances flowing to needy Somalis.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Liked TPP — Until U.S. Officials Opened Their Mouths
Chinese were once eager to latch onto the massive trade pact as a lever for internal reform. But with harsh U.S. rhetoric rising, that ship has sailed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Smog and the Social Contract
Rising incomes are pretty good at buying quiescence. But what causes people to say: “You can’t buy us off this cheaply”?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Does Japan Have the Solution to Amtrak’s Problems?
Tokyo has proposed building a high speed rail connecting Washington to Baltimore, and eventually to New York City.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Germany’s America Angst
Why Berlin and Washington don't see eye to eye on what to do about Vladimir Putin.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Greece Fell into the Eurozone Trap
In the wake of World War II, peaceniks and dreamers began looking for a way to knit a war-torn continent together. Now Athens is paying the price.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Getting a Handle on National Wealth
It’s time to unleash the untapped potential of public assets — and that doesn’t have to mean privatization.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Senate Democrats Deal Setback to Obama’s Pacific Trade Plan
Effort to ‘fast track’ trade pact fails to clear important hurdle.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Political Tragedy of the Greek Economic Crisis
With unemployment worse than during the Great Depression, we should thank the gods things aren’t worse. But it is humans (read: politicians) who have put Athens on the brink of disaster.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Telenovela That Wasn’t
The firing of crusading Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui has become the latest cause for free press activists. But is her salacious story as straightforward as it seems?
