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America’s Consumer Democracy Versus China’s Modern Mandarinate

Are the consumer democracies of the West becoming ungovernable, while authoritarian China moves into the future?

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How Countries Compare on Corruption

Which major emerging nation is perceived to have the most corruption in its public sector?

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The Inexorable End of the Africa Story

Is all the excitement about the future of Africa’s economy really justified? Or is the continent’s success mostly just a commodities story?

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China’s Urban Billion: Civilizing the Cities

Can China’s cities by 2030 really accommodate one billion residents — equal to one in every eight people on the planet?

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Health Care and the Road to American Serfdom

Individual rights in the United States are not threatened because government is too oppressive. The real problem is that government is too weak.

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