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Wait Just a Minute: Raghuram Rajan
In this episode, Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan takes a minute to explain what bananas reveal about markets and governments, the importance of communities in economics, and whether China or India has a more enviable economy.
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Trade Tensions Continue Between U.S. and China
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2020 Hopefuls Should Be Watching the Rust Belt's Rebirth Closely
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Guest Commentary- Without Property Rights, Prosperity is Built on a Shaky Foundation
Countries and cities around the world feel the growing pressures of migration, climate change, and urbanization. Upgrading these areas makes little sense if land and property claims are not resolved first.
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Deep Dish: Ryan Crocker on Iran-Iraq Relations
Warming ties between Iraq and Iran, and souring ties between the United States and both, raise the question: Did Iran come out as the real winner of the Iraq war?
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IMF's Crystal Ball Shows Potential Trouble for Trump in 2020
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Global Food for Thought: Killer Diets | Cyclone Idai | Industrial Enzymes
Check out the latest buzz in food, agricultural, and global development.
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Scholars vs the Public: Collapse of the INF Treaty
In early February 2019, the United States withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty following President Trump’s October 2018 (and the Obama administration’s July 2014) accusations that Russia was failing to comply with the treaty. Russia withdrew from the treaty the next day.
Findings from a February 2019 Chicago Council on Global Affairs general public survey and a December 2018 Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) survey of International Relations (IR) scholars around the world illustrate how these different populations perceive the collapse of the INF Treaty.