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How to Lose Friends and Impoverish People

Washington, DC – US President Donald Trump’s “trade war” with China has been slogging along for more than a year now, and could escalate further if current talks do not lead to a deal

15 марта 2019 5 мин. 9997

Market Concentration Is Threatening the US Economy

The world’s advanced economies are suffering from a number of deep-seated problems. In the United States, in particular, inequality is at its highest since 1928, and GDP growth remains woefully tepid compared to the decades after World War II

14 марта 2019 5 мин. 11322

The Boeing 737 MAX: Is The Problem With The Plane Or The Pilots?

It’s a new airplane from one of the world’s premier manufacturers, and two have fallen from the sky within five months of each other, killing 346

13 марта 2019 5 мин. 8347

How to Achieve Health Equity

Washington, DC – In 2015, the world committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – a comprehensive agenda covering virtually all aspects of development – by 2030. But the world has yet to embrace the kind of deliberate, systematic, and inclusive approach that is needed to eliminate inequities that prevent billions of people from enjoying a long and healthy life

12 марта 2019 4 мин. 7470

Keep Politics Out of Europe’s Competition Decisions

The European Commission’s decision last month to block the proposed rail-industry merger between Alstom and Siemens was clearly a blow for the two companies. It was also a major setback for the French and German governments, which had strongly supported the deal

11 марта 2019 5 мин. 8371

Michael Bloomberg Rules Out Run For President, Announces New Climate Initiative

Ending months of speculation, Michael Bloomberg announced that he will not run for president in 2020

07 марта 2019 2 мин. 8294

Gender equality – calls for a “state of balance” - from Hollywood to Kazakhstan

Fast forward 111 years since the New York equality march, the call for equal pay is louder than ever before. Where do we stand globally and in Kazakhstan?

06 марта 2019 5 мин. 13221

Coffee, Cocoa, and the Cutting Edge

That morning ritual loved by millions, a simple cup of coffee, may one day be a thing of the past. New research shows that 60% of the world’s 124 species of wild coffee face a mounting threat of extinction, mostly as a result of deforestation. This potential loss of genetic diversity would, in turn, limit the ways in which coffee could be adapted to a changing climate and disease threats