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The Future Of Internet Shopping Might Not Be Home Delivery

Poland’s parcel king, Rafal Brzoska has gone from near-bankrupt to billionaire by not delivering packages to individual houses

02 июня 2021 5 мин. 6318

Sex and the Chinese Economy

NEW YORK – China’s recently released population census confirms the persistence of the country’s alarming excess of males relative to the global norm. This numerical imbalance from birth onward has several significant economic implications – and not only for China

01 июня 2021 5 мин. 7525

Amazon's New CEO Will Wake Up On July 5 Fighting Wars On Multiple Front

Andy Jassy will step into the top management role at the technology and retail behemoth Jeff Bezos built on July 5 — 27 years to the day after the outgoing chief executive officer incorporated Amazon.com Inc.

31 мая 2021 4 мин. 6913

European and African Leaders Call for a New Deal for Africa

PARIS – The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that we can no longer treat seemingly faraway crises as distant problems. What happens anywhere can affect people everywhere. That is why addressing the impact and legacy of the pandemic in Africa is so important

28 мая 2021 7 мин. 8183

Will Corruption Sink EU Convergence?

WASHINGTON, DC – The great French historian Fernand Braudel taught us to look for the underappreciated long waves (longue durée) in history. In the context of the past 30 years, one such wave is the widening economic gap between the Central and Eastern European countries that joined the European Union and those that have not. The former are gradually catching up with the other EU member states, with growth rates nearly twice as high as their eastern neighbors; the latter are stuck in a no-man’s land between the EU and Russia

27 мая 2021 5 мин. 5526

Biden's Trumpy Start on Trade

WASHINGTON, DC – Former President Donald Trump did enormous damage to the United States’ reputation and future prospects, both domestically and internationally. Yet while President Joe Biden has set about reversing the previous administration’s legacy in many domains, he has yet to focus his attention on US trade policy

26 мая 2021 5 мин. 6641

$1.3 Trillion Crypto Price Crash: Leaked Goldman Sachs Prediction Gives ‘High Chance’ Ethereum Will Eclipse Bitcoin

Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have crashed over last week, with an electrifying $1.3 trillion wiped from the combined crypto market price

25 мая 2021 3 мин. 9991

How to Vaccinate Every Country

WASHINGTON, DC – The COVID-19 pandemic will not truly end until everyone has access to vaccines, including people in the poorest countries. Worldwide vaccination offers the best hope for stopping the spread of infections, saving lives, and protecting livelihoods. People cannot reach their potential until they can again study, work, travel, and socialize in the confident knowledge that they are safe from COVID-19