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Westerners are fleeing their countries in record numbers
This will have economic consequences for the places they leave and their destinations
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9
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Even the best-case scenario for energy markets is disastrous
Whatever happens, high prices will outlive the Iran war
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3
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America may be a petrostate. But the energy shock still hurts
And further angers economically frustrated citizens
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3
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Which country is the biggest loser from the energy shock?
We rank the poor world’s exposure and buffers
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3
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The new economics of sex work
As the sex economy grows, it deserves serious analysis
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3
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What if Donald Trump decided to ban oil exports?
Trying to keep prices low that way could backfire spectacularly
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5
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Will South Korea’s epic bull market survive the energy shock?
Probably, but investors should brace for more volatility
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5
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China cannot escape the energy shock
Despite renewables and reserves, it will suffer
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5
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The Iran war is roiling commodities far beyond oil
Shortages of fuels and chemicals threaten industries from farming to pharmaceuticals
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8
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Vladimir Putin enjoys a huge windfall from the Iran war
But the sugar high may not last
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10
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Why investors won’t know what to make of AI for a while
Markets always struggle to price technological revolutions
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11
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Liquefied natural gas: the overlooked economic chokepoint
Alternatives to Gulf supplies are scare
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11
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Donald Trump’s options to cool oil prices are sorely limited
He says he has a plan. It would need to be very cunning
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11
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Time to buy the most rubbish stocks you can find
The dash for trash
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14
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The Iran war has put Asia on the brink of an energy panic
Stranded Gulf supplies are choking off the region’s economies
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14
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The Iran war puts Asia in an energy panic
Stranded Gulf supplies are choking off the region’s economies
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14
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Would America be in recession without the super-rich?
American anxieties are K-shaped. The economy is more like a backslash
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17
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To understand why countries grow, look at their firms
The third way in development economics
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17
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India’s economy is not as big as economists thought
But it is growing faster
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17
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Americans’ electricity bills are up. Don’t blame AI
Were it not for data centres, prices might be even higher
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17
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European pensions are a $30trn missed opportunity
If only more countries went Dutch
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18
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Why war isn’t always good for defence stocks
They win only if governments want just enough weapons—but not too many
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18
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The nightmare war scenario is becoming reality in energy markets
The longer the war in the Gulf, the harsher the global economic fallout
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The Economist
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18
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The nightmare scenario energy markets feared is becoming reality
The longer the war in the Gulf, the harsher the global economic fallout
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The Economist
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18
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The nightmare Iran energy scenario is becoming reality
A longer war means a harsher global economic fallout
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21
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War in Iran could cause the biggest oil shock in years
Prices will surge in the short run—and may stay high for a while
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24
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America’s trade chaos is just beginning
Tariff wrangling will stretch through the rest of Donald Trump’s term, and beyond
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24
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Protectionists dislike trade and migration. And capital flows?
The amount of money crossing borders has flattened off—but not because of capital controls
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24
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Why Chinese people spend so much on food
A 21st-century test of a 19th-century observation
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24
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America’s welfare state is more European than you think
State-level policies are making up for stingy federal provision
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24
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A viral research note on AI gets its economics wrong
Too much of a good thing
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28
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The AI productivity boom is not here (yet)
Artificial intelligence is improving fast. Its effect on output, not so much
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28
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Markets are churning furiously beneath the surface
AI is prompting investors to reassess every business model under the sun
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28
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Disruption and dispersion
AI is prompting investors to reassess every business model under the sun
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28
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Markets are churning furiously beneath a calm surface
AI is prompting investors to reassess every business model under the sun