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The economics of banning alcohol

Does prohibition ever work?

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Biotech: How can it stay safe?

GM microbes promise a new industrial revolution - but the technology also poses dangers

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Biotech: The future of materials

Can spider silk and grasshopper rubber wean us off our addiction to oil-based plastics?

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Business Weekly

Resurrecting dead viruses and and raising curtains in theatres once again.

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US Elections: The view from Beijing

Would China policy differ all that much under a Biden or Trump presidency?

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US Elections: What it means for healthcare

How voters' decision in November could affect their coverage

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US Elections: Immigrants welcome?

President Trump's immigrant crackdown is popular with his base, less so with businesses

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US Elections: The end of Reaganomics?

Will the elections usher in a sea-change in economic thinking?

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US Elections: California burning

The West Coast wildfires have lifted climate change to the top of the campaign agenda

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Business Weekly

The US Elections: What鈥檚 at stake?

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Has Coronavirus killed the nightclub?

Nightclubs around the world are struggling to survive with social distancing guidelines

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Craft beer in a pandemic

How is the craft beer industry faring during the coronavirus pandemic?

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Why is fashion still not sustainable?

It鈥檚 been a cause c茅l猫bre for decades, but it seems like little has changed.

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Venture capital in Africa

Investment in African based start-ups is more likely to go to non-African founders. Why?

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London's dirty financial secrets

How some of the world's biggest banks are helping criminals launder money

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Business Weekly

US Election: The Power of The Swing States

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China to the rescue?

Has President Xi just fired the starting gun on a global race to decarbonise the economy?

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Facebook's face-off in Australia

Why Facebook has threatened to ban all news on its Australian site

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Trump's taxes

What can the NY Times' revelations can tell us about the President's financial affairs?

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Final countdown for a Brexit trade deal

Why state aid may be the sticking point for a Brexit trade deal

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Business Weekly

What policies on the economy or the environment did the US presidential candidates offer?

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Is it time to rethink the electricity grid?

Are our century-old grids fit for the era of solar and wind power?

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Is Facebook bad for democracy?

How the social media platform is poisoning politics around the world.

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Does big tech need a reboot?

A leading Silicon Valley boss says the big tech companies need more empathy and diversity

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The end of the line for cruise ships?

Once a lucrative market, cruises have been all but wiped out since the coronavirus

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The end of the oil era

How will the energy transition transform geopolitics?

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Business Weekly

Should big tech hit the reboot button?

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The future of Hong Kong

Can Hong Kong retain its position as Asia's financial capital?

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Sexism in African investment

Why do female entrepreneurs in Africa not get the investment capital they need?

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Over 50 and out of work

What's it like for older people losing their job in the Covid pandemic?

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