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Why tropical diseases don’t get vaccines: the market failure that has no market solution

The ceasefire economy: what actually causes wars to end — and why so many peace agreements collapse

What happens when a country defaults — the economics and politics of sovereign insolvency

How soil types predicted the outcome of the American Civil War

The countries that run permanent surpluses — and the uncomfortable reasons...

The geography of debt: why certain nations borrow in currencies they...

The hidden cost of being an island nation

How insurance companies quietly govern the world’s oceans

The invisible market that prices human life

How satellites changed the economics of war without firing a single...

What happens to a country’s debt when it ceases to exist

The nuclear plants that nobody talks about — and why they...

The last territories with no permanent population — and who is...