List of Economics articles
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An offshore oil construction platform stands in the Mediterranean Sea while oil tanker ships float nearby. No land is visible, and the horizon line is hazy between the dark water and the blue sky. Egyptian Dissidents Are the Collateral Damage of U.S. Support for Israel
Washington ignores Sisi’s human rights abuses in exchange for his enforcement of Gaza’s blockade.
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A person is seen from the side walking past a blue billboard. The World Bank’s Big Week
What to know ahead of the institution’s annual meetings.
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The silhouette of a person operating hand-held machinery in a rice paddy. Niger Is a Warning for the World Bank
International finance needs a new playbook for crisis as the bank convenes for its annual meetings.
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The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy (left) transfers crude oil from the Russian-flagged oil tanker Lana (right), off the coast of Greece, on May 29, 2022. The Russian Oil Price Cap Can Work Again
With global prices on the rise, here are some ways to fix the system.
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An Indian Border Security Force wearing a tan formal uniform shakes hands with a Pakistan Rangers soldier wearing a black formal uniform. They are surrounded by other uniformed officers, most of whom wear traditional hats adorned with a fan-like crest. Pakistan’s Missing Market
Resuming trade with India is a chance to escape spiraling crises.
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A Palestinian man carries his child to cross a roadblock in the West Bank city of Hebron in 2003. Rubble fills the land he walks across and barbed wire coils in front of him. A woman with a head covering follows behind them. All the Palestinians Got From Oslo Was KFC
Thirty years of the peace process has left us with less land and fewer rights.
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U.S. President Joe Biden, center, is welcomed by United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, left, and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, second from left, on arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan. A President on the Picket Line?
Why Biden’s solidarity with autoworkers is globally unprecedented.
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Protesters hold torches as they take part in a banned demonstration against the government's pension reforms and a water basin project near Sainte-Soline, in Poitiers, western France. France’s Water War Has No End in Sight
As the country’s water reserves run low, tensions are running high.
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A lone wolf faces the camera appearing to snarl on a dry winter field on the edge of the forest in Hukkajarvi, eastern Finland. Who’s Afraid of Europe’s Big, Bad Wolves?
Conservationists face off against farmers in a familiar man-versus-nature conflict.
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Protesters in masks in front of the Bank of England in London on Aug. 3. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images Why Interest Rate Hikes Don’t Necessarily Tame Inflation
Adam Tooze answers listener questions about inflation.
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A worker stands atop a solar panel during construction on the roof of a new development in Wuhan. Buildings can be seen in the background. Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Green Technology Again?
A recent book makes the case for collaboration in an increasingly competitive industry.
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Technical managers at the SOMELEC, The Mauritanian Electricity Company, talk with each other at the turbines field at the 30MW Nouakchott Wind Power Station in Nouakchott, Mauritania on March 21. Why Everyone Is Courting Mauritania
NATO, China, Russia, and regional powers all want closer ties to a stable West African nation with crucial energy supplies and a strategically valuable location.
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Workers load aid supplies into a military plane bound for Port Sudan at the Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates on May 10. U.S. Sudan Sanctions Won’t Work Without the UAE’s Help
Washington must lean on Abu Dhabi to halt its support for Hemeti’s RSF.