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Pesticides that have been banned in Europe over bee safety concerns may pose an even greater risk to pollinators than previously thought, a new report…
Sharmini Peries: The Dow Jones trading took a deep drive this week, dropping over 1,000 points in the first 20 minutes of trading. It is now…
It's officially Black Monday, if only in China for now. We warned on Friday, after last week's China rout, that the market is getting ahead…
Natural gas has limited and expensive transport options. As a result, natural gas pipelines are constantly used as a tool of political pressure and bargaining.…
Why does this matter? First because it makes no sense to sell off valuable assets in the middle of Europe’s worst depression in 70 years.…
Three weeks ago, when we last looked at the collapse in trade along what may be the most trafficked route involving China, i.e., from Asia to Northern…
Several thousand rain-soaked war refugees and asylum-seekers ran across Macedonia's border from Greece Saturday as riot police chased them lobbing stun grenades, tear gas and…
Today we have slammed the conditions imposed on Greece as part of its latest ‘bailout’ package. Campaigners say the programme is not simply misguided, but…
The legitimacy of a given social order rests on the legitimacy of its debts. Even in ancient times this was so. In traditional cultures, debt…
I don’t really know, I don’t understand how it feels: to live in a rich European country, which is rich mainly because it has been…
Eventful days in the middle of summer. Just as the Greek Pandora’s box appears to be closing for the holidays (but we know what happens…
Washington, D.C.- A new issue brief from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) examines widely cited studies on the potential gains from the…