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

Why certain ports have more geopolitical power than entire countries

Why certain cities became financial capitals — and others, equally positioned,...

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