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Twilight of the Petrostate
The age of oil rents is over. A political and geopolitical revolution is on its way.Petr AvenVladimir NazarovSamvel LazaryanAbout twenty countries around the world are dependent on a single number: the...
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China's Coming Revolution
Growing tension within the regime, economic turmoil and a more energetic public.Gordon G. ChangThe Chinese are anxious.The fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution...
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Taiwan's New President Will Have to Play Nice with China
Most voters seek prosperity and security, not Taiwanese nationalism.Wu Shang-suThe Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s return to power signifies shifting political preferences among the general public...
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Brazil's New Government Has 90 Days to Save the Economy from Chaos
Momentum is on their side, but the hardest is yet to come.Oren KeslerOver the last several years, Brazil has gone through political and legal turmoil that has polarized the public into warring camps,...
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China’s Aggression Is Killing Foreign Investment
Beijing's pushy policies scare capital away.Peter NavarroEvery time China’s military forces advance with a territorial claim in the East or South China Seas or in India’s Arunachal Pradesh or across...
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America's Postal Service Is Dying a Slow and Painful Death
And to make matters worse--the boardroom is nearly empty. James GattusoIt’s no secret that the postal business is shrinking. First-class mail volume is melting away like a popsicle in the sun—down 40...
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America's Real Debt Shocker: $100 Trillion Owed in Unfunded Liabilities
What can we do about it? Philip WegmannBefore he made his first million, before he did business on six continents, and before he became a Fortune 500 CEO, David Perdue got his start picking peaches for...
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More Trade Won't Stop China's Aggression
A wealthier Beijing can afford to take more risks.Hunter MarstonChina’s brazen and “improper airmanship,” buzzing an American surveillance plane in the skies above the East China Sea last week, is but...
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What Really Killed Sergei Magnitsky?
A controversial filmmaker suggests the mainstream answer may be wrong.Rachel BaumanThe Magnitsky Act—Behind the Scenes, a controversial new film about the death of Russian auditor Sergei Magnitsky, was...
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5 Common Myths about China's Power
Beijing’s no supervillain.Bonnie S. GlaserMatthew P. FunaioleChina’s transformation from an isolated, developing country into an economic juggernaut and emerging global actor is perhaps the most...
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Revealed: President Obama’s 229 Major Regulations Cost $108 Billion Each Year
In 2015, 43 new major regulations went into effect, increasing regulatory costs by more than $22 billion.Milton PadillaTori WhitingThe Obama administration is responsible for thousands of new...
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The Social Security Death Spiral Is Here
And raising taxes is not the answer. Romina BocciaRachel GreszlerSocial Security’s programs are in deep trouble. According to the just-released 2016 report of the Board of Trustees for the Federal...
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Grasping the Brexit Moment for Free Trade
"Where there is crisis, there is also opportunity, and the vote presents an opening for another step forward of global trade and investment liberalization."Howard J. ShatzThe United Kingdom’s...
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The Biggest China 'Threat': War in the South China Sea or Economic Meltdown?
China: economy-world versus security-world. Graeme DobellIf China’s future course is the vital question, the answers in economy-world are different to those in security-world.The versions of China...
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The Trillion Dollar Question: Will China’s Economic Slowdown Damage America?
Storm cloud could be coming from across the Pacific Ocean. William T. WilsonSince the 2008–2009 global recession, China has accounted for roughly one-third of global economic growth, by far the highest...
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New Report Details A Possible Big Threat to China's Economy: Massive...
Could this drag down the world's second largest economy? Ivan RobertsAndrew ZurawskiSince the mid-2000s, Chinese corporate debt has risen sharply as a proportion of GDP — from around 100 per cent to...
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3 Big Reasons Why Obamacare Is Bad for Millennials
There is a better way to help the millions of Americans struggling to find affordable coverage, but not at a debilitating cost to young people.Timothy DoescherLillian WolfensohnFor many millennials,...
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The Truth About How Many Americans Are Living on Less Than $2 a Day
What you need to know. Leah JessenOver the last 20 years, welfare reform has reduced poverty trends, national welfare experts say.President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and...
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Report: America's Deficit Will Be Back over $1,000,000,000,000 in Just 8 Years
Are we headed towards a crisis? Michael SargentCongress left town this August for an extended recess without passing a budget or any required spending bills, and spending has largely been ignored as a...
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What to Expect from China’s G20 Leadership
Here is the rundown. Wang WenThe G20 has become the key vehicle for implementing and promoting global economic governance. China is set to host this year’s G20 summit in Hangzhou on 4–5 September.What...
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