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Will China’s Outrageous Rare Earth Monopoly Persist?

03
May

Rare earth elements (REEs) are anything but rare in their industrial uses. These 17 elements are critical, albeit in miniscule quantities, for the production of most high-tech products today such as mobile phones, wind turbines, and high-definition TVs. China’s rare earth deposits are vast, but not at all proportional to the staggering 97% percent of [...]

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Innovation in the Organ Market

23
Apr

For some the idea of a market for human parts seems vulgar and disrespectful. But the logarithms that Nobel laureate Al Roth has developed show a different side to the market: one where a pure win-win situation can become possible. Al Roth and Lloyd Shapley won the Nobel Prize in Economic Science for their work [...]

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“Yankee Imperialism”: War on Drugs

12
Apr

Originating in the Monroe doctrine of 1823 and exemplified by illegal drug trade at the turn of the millennium, through history, the U.S. imperialist machine has fomented a patriarchal relationship with Latin America.

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Turkey: A Model for the Survivors of the Arab Spring?

10
Apr

Turkey is emerging in both the political and economic arena following the rise of the moderate-Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP – Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi) in the general elections of 2002. Following decades of national and secular governments since the foundation of the republic in 1923, the AKP brought a significant change to the [...]

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The Iron Lady’s Legacy

09
Apr

Thatcherism had a long-standing impact on the world – and its shortcomings provide valuable lessons for Europe. The passing, yesterday, of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has elicited a wave of statements from all sides of the political spectrum. If not paying tribute to her ideological and economic legacy, people praised her towering influence [...]

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The Popularity of Far-Right Sweden Democrats

07
Apr

The Swedish government has always held its arms open to immigrants, promising equality and peace. But with the Sweden Democrats seeming more and more likely to keep their seats in parliament in the 2014 election, the door may not be open to everyone for much longer. Sweden appears to be close behind Greece, the UK, [...]

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