Megacities, not nations, are the world’s dominant, enduring social structures
Cities are mankind’s most enduring and stable mode of social organization, outlasting all empires and nations over which they have ...
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Barclays to exit Africa in ‘transatlantic’ makeover
Barclays Plc will sell its Africa business as part of a plan by new Chief Executive Jes Staley to simplify ...
Now or Later? Politics and Public Investment
Catering to voters as elections approach can upend intelligent decisions on infrastructure spendingVirtually all countries need additional infrastructure such as ...
Revenue Mobilization and International Taxation: Key Ingredients of 21st-Century Economies
Already some 260 years ago, the great philosopher and economist Adam Smith noted:“Little else is required to carry a state ...
The Global Economy’s New Abnormal
Since the beginning of the year, the world economy has faced a new bout of severe financial market volatility, marked ...
The Tragedy of Persistence Failures: Counting the Cost of Incompetent Leadership across Africa
The ever rising human misery, economic hardship and abject poverty ravaging the continent Africa could be attributed to many factors, ...
How low oil prices went from blessing to curse
There was a time, and it was not so long ago, that western economies would enthusiastically welcome a sharp drop ...
Oil is crashing again
After a rally on Friday, oil is tanking again on Monday morning.Oil rocketed 8% on Friday, boosting stock markets around ...
Inequality: Oxfam says wealth of richest 1% equal to other 99%
The richest 1% now has as much wealth as the rest of the world combined, according to Oxfam.It uses data ...
Why Africa Isn’t Rising
In one of Africa's most celebrated surprises this year, Nigerian voters unseated President Goodluck Jonathan. The election of Muhammadu Buhari ...