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Covid-19 Mutations Make Immunity Math Incredibly Daunting
3rd February 2021
Since early in the Covid-19 pandemic, would-be prophets (most of them not infectious-disease epidemiologists) have been predicting that it would soon burn itself out as people recovered from the disease and developed immunity. So far ...
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Why Turkey’s Erdogan Can’t Resist Railing Against Interest High Rates
23rd January 2021
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has climbed back on his favorite economic hobby horse, resuming his quixotic charge against high interest rates. This augurs ill for Turkey’s economy, which has historically paid a large price for the ...
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Tunisia’s president has taken on near dictatorial powers. Democracy’s survival is in the hands of the largest labor union and the military. Amid Tunisia’s political upheaval, it is easy to hear echoes of the events in Egypt eight years ...