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

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 most peace agreements collapse within five years

The economics of pilgrimage: what happens to a city when millions...

How lighthouses became the first example of a public good —...

How a single Dutch auction decision in 1602 shaped every stock...

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

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

How soil types predicted the outcome of the American Civil War

The invisible market that prices human life

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