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Africa's Free Trade Pact

Will the African Continental Free Trade Area bring jobs and prosperity?

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Iran Nuclear Deal Hangs In Balance

What would scrapping the agreement mean for Iran, and for US and European businesses?

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Paying the Price of Prison

Parking fines and high bail demands are landing Americans in prison. But someone profits

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How Economists Forgot Housework

Feminist economists argue that GDP statistics ignore care-giving and housework

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Economists in the Doghouse

The failure to foresee the 2008 financial crisis has prompted a lot of soul-searching

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Tech Solutions for the Poor

How can we think differently about some of the gritty economic problems facing the poor?

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Banks and the Wealth Gap

Do cities benefit from hosting major financial centres?

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Justice on Death Row

The inmates training to be lawyers and fighting for a fairer justice system in Africa

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Hormones: The Pill

The pill liberated women worldwide, and now an injectable version is taking off in Africa

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Netflix vs the Silver Screen

Will the streaming service wipe out the cinema, in the same way it did video rentals?

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Are You Ready for GDPR?

The EU's new data protection rules are proving to be a headache for businesses worldwide

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Italy: The EU's Next Headache?

How a eurosceptic coalition in Rome could destabilise plans for closer EU integration

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Fighting Ad Fraud

The fake clicks and downloads costing companies billions, and how they're fighting back.

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Is China Tech a Trojan Horse?

Are US allegations against Huawei motivated by genuine suspicion or trade protectionism?

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Venezuela in Tatters

Depression, hyper-inflation, oil seizures, sanctions - can the Maduro government hold on?

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Agony in India

Millions of people live and die in excruciating pain due to a lack of opioid drugs

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Pointless Jobs

The people paid to do nothing at work, and the damage it can do to their health.

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The Antibiotics Problem

The mounting problem of antimicrobial resistance, and what can be done about it.

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The Death of Traditional Advertising

How do brands survive in an era of big data, social media, and consumer cynicism?

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Europe's Data D-Day

Could the EU's GDPR rules, coming into force today, spell the end of spam mail?

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Racist AI

Can artificial intelligence and face recognition technology be racist?

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Ecstasy on Prescription

MDMA, found in the illegal party drug ecstasy, may soon be approved as a medicine

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Rebranding Africa

African companies don鈥檛 have the same profile as western brands, even at home. How come?

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Being Watched at Work

Why we are being watched by technology, including in the workplace

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Who is Elon Musk?

He鈥檚 had a few outbursts recently. Is he a genius, behaving like a bully, or both?

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When the Bitcoin Miners Come to Town

The real-world impact of the cryptocurrency business.

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Hidden Disabilities

How can cities adapt to meet the needs of a sixth of the world's population?

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Do We Really Decide for Ourselves?

Why do we behave the way we do in a group setting? And does the memory play tricks on us?

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Zimbabwe's Mineral Wealth

Zimbabwe is "open for business" but can it finally put its natural resources to good use?

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Tackling Trump in Trade Talks

Pro-wrestling tips for G7 countries on how to fight off the US President's steel tariffs

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