Recovery Interrupted: Sub-Saharan Africa's Outlook

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The Debt Reckoning: Rodrigo Valdés and Era Dabla-Norris

Unprecedented debt levels are pressing governments to make tough choices. While aging populations demand more public spending, resources are stretched thin, and the days of cheap borrowing that allowed the debt burden to be kicked down the road are behind us. Rodrigo Valdés and E ...  Show more

Johan Norberg on What Makes and Breaks Golden Eras

The most prosperous of civilizations were the most open. The Romans, for example, expanded their empire by integrating the populations they conquered, creating a melting pot of new ideas. Johan Norberg's latest book, Peak Human, examines the rise and fall of seven golden age civi ...  Show more

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