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A setback for those making the case for what used to be called global warming

The taboo cannot last since Ebola is too frightening

A justifiable attempt to scrutinise the government of President Vladimir Putin has degenerated into an exercise in schadenfreude and ill will

Treating electoral problems as engineering problems is bad strategy

Jeb is being promoted by those whose main interest is that the party does not nominate someone who will shake up the Obama era economic settlement

Something more useful as a source of talking points for climate change activists

David Brat’s immigration policies are thus embedded in economics not envy

Obama feels the US can be confident when it acts through global institutions

Any durable democracy requires a margin of safety

That prosecutors pressed criminal charges is a sign that, in the US, the campaign trail too often runs through the courtroom

In the face of Ebola a little panic is a healthy thing

It’s economies of scale versus trust and lower transaction costs