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The geopolitics of vaccines

As the world desperately looks for an end to the coronavirus pandemic, vaccines have turned from a distant hope to present reality and now to a frenzied, grab-what-youcan free for all. The first signs that vaccine distribution would be plagued with power imbalances came after Pfizer announced successful third phase trials for its mRNA vaccine....

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Populism and Unreason

LET US PUT things in a historical balance sheet. In 1979, when the world was hit by the second oil shock, pent up inflation was unleashed and reached double digits. Jimmy Carter appointed Paul Volcker to the Fed and Volcker immediately hiked the interest rate and curbed all monetary aggregates, M1, M2 and M3. By...