Fighting Amazon Addiction

Can you rationalize excessive book orders from Amazon.com?

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A Look at Half the World’s Population

Here are our key facts on the ways women contribute to the global economy.

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No Woman, No Cry?

In what way does the Taliban inflict major economic disadvantage on itself?

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It’s a Free Country — Or Is It?

How much can a chance encounter tell you about the power of the U.S. tobacco industry?

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Putin’s Churchillian Moment

How much do both statesmen have in common?

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And Now, Your Missile Defense Forecast

How have the political trade winds shifted on the issue of missile defense?

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The New Gaullists

What surprise does political France offer in its search for the Third Way?

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A Flat Tax for Russia

Could it be that U.S. proponents of the flat tax have the right idea — only for the wrong country?

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The Emerging Mountains Are Calling

Do you know how a sandwich maker can turn into an investment statistic of global proportions?

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IMF — Mission Impossible, Says Hollywood?

Should the International Monetary Fund be renamed the Impossible Mission Force? Hollywood thinks so.

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