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Handshake Across the Atlantic
During the referendum campaign on the UK leaving the European Union, there was much debate about international trade. The remainers…
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Sorry, Harvard. There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Free’ Grant
America’s most prominent university, Harvard, is now fighting the Trump administration. This conflict marks the latest episode in what appears…
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The Dark Side of Denmark’s Welfare State
For the past three months, I’ve been living in Denmark, and I genuinely loved it. The streets are clean, the…
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Manufacturing and Trade
It has become popular in some circles to argue that trade—or, in the more “sophisticated” version, that the dollar’s reserve-currency…
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Skype, RIP
So farewell to Skype, which has just been retired by its parent company Microsoft. I’ll admit I’d used it less…
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Don’t Blockade the Blockbuster
Once upon a time, America won the world’s imagination by telling stories that were human, bold, and universal. Now, President…
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Rousseau and the Performance of Being Yourself
“I have entered upon a performance which is without example, whose accomplishment will have no imitator. I mean to present…
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The Drivers of Prosperity
Reading this article in the comfort of civilization, from a sophisticated tech device, not having to worry about whether you’ll…
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Generation Gap: Iberia Unplugged
On Monday, April 28, just after 12:30 PM local time, Spain and Portugal switched off. A massive power outage left…
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Baseball, Rule of Law, and the ‘Torpedo Bat’
We were born in Venezuela, so naturally, we like baseball. As Venezuelans, we share this passion with the United States.…
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