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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...