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The World’s Highest-Paid Soccer Players 2020

When it comes to measuring the greatest players in the world’s most beautiful game, the focus inevitably turns to a pair of rivals with household names and exclusive claims to being the only team-sport athletes to earn $1 billion during their careers. It may be time to make room for a third

05 октября 2020 7 мин. 6369

The Scientologist Billionaire Trying To Make A New Antibiotic

The world is awash in cheap antibiotics -- so why is Bob Duggan working on a new one...and how is he going to make any money?

02 октября 2020 5 мин. 5474

The Curse of Falling Expectations

WASHINGTON, DC – Until COVID-19, many people in the developing world felt good about their futures. Overall, developing countries had recovered quickly from the 2009-10 Great Recession, and many – especially in Africa and Latin America – were enjoying the benefits of China’s ever-growing demand for oil, minerals, and agricultural commodities. Expectations were rising

01 октября 2020 6 мин. 4988

The Vise Tightens on the Dollar

NEW HAVEN – The US dollar has now entered the early stages of what looks to be a sharp descent. The dollar’s real effective exchange rate (REER) fell 4.3% in the four months ending in August. The decline has been even steeper as measured by other indexes, but the REER is what matters most for trade, competitiveness, inflation, and monetary policy

30 сентября 2020 5 мин. 6126

Are Intellectuals Killing Convergence?

NEW DELHI – How will COVID-19 affect developing countries’ growth prospects? The answer will depend largely on how globalization – and intellectual support for it – evolves in the pandemic’s aftermath. The prospects are not encouraging