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Monday 02/May/2016 17:22 PM

A basic income should be the next big thing

Now and then a worthy economic proposal comes along that seems as politically unattainable as it is sensible. Then, on closer inspection, you see that...

Monday 02/May/2016 17:08 PM

US decline is campaign hype, not reality

As in any US national election without an incumbent president, the candidates are painting a not very pretty picture. With Republican front-runner Donald...

Monday 02/May/2016 16:51 PM

Preschool confidential

High-quality early childhood education is one of those rare issues that unites people of all social strata and across the political spectrum. But the...

Monday 02/May/2016 16:35 PM

The Panama leaks and Pakistani politics

Pakistan continues to drift towards intense internal political confrontation, which, if not contained through accommodation, can unravel the current...

Sunday 01/May/2016 17:01 PM

Libya’s three dimensional chess board

Though the end game in Libya appears to be close, I think we can expect it to slide fairly slowly down a chaotic path that could take months. It is looking...