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EDITION: NOVEMBER 16TH 2024


WHAT’S ABOUT TO HIT THE WORLD ECONOMY?

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   MIDDLE-CLASS AND MINIMUM-WAGE
   
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   PAYING THE CLIMATE BILL
   
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THE ENVY OF THE WORLD

The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust. Expect that to
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   The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust

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   American productivity still leads the world

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   Is higher inequality the price America pays for faster growth?

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US ELECTIONS 2024


 * WELCOME TO TRUMP’S WORLD


 * DONALD TRUMP’S VICTORY WAS RESOUNDING. HIS SECOND TERM WILL BE, TOO


 * AMERICA’S ALLIES BRACE FOR BRINKMANSHIP, DEALS—AND BETRAYAL


CLIMATE CHANGE


 * “ENERGY TRANSITION” HAS BEEN PROFOUNDLY MISUNDERSTOOD


 * HOW FLORIDA SHOULD RESPOND TO HURRICANE MILTON


 * ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE, TRUMP AND HARRIS ARE DIFFERENT BY DEGREES


1843 MAGAZINE


 * WHY I GAVE UP TRYING TO DELETE MYSELF FROM THE INTERNET


 * TRUE BELIEVERS BUILT TRUMP’S SOCIAL-MEDIA COMPANY. THEY FEEL BETRAYED


 * WHY AREN’T HARRIS AND TRUMP LISTENING TO PENNSYLVANIA’S STEELWORKERS?


PODCASTS


 * HOW MUCH IS THE ENERGY TRANSITION REALLY GOING TO COST?


 * CAN CHINA’S ARMED FORCES SURPASS THE US?


 * HOW TO END COAL


BY INVITATION


 * WAR IN UKRAINE MAY ONLY INTENSIFY UNDER TRUMP, SAYS DMYTRO KULEBA


 * CHINA IS THE BIG WINNER FROM BIDEN’S FOREIGN POLICY, SAY MICHAEL WALTZ AND
   MATTHEW KROENIG


 * RESPECT ELECTION OFFICIALS TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY, SAYS AN ARIZONA COUNTY
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 * WHICH COUNTRIES HAVE THE MOST-EDUCATED POLITICIANS?


 * FIVE CHARTS SHOW HOW TRUMP WON THE ELECTION


 * WHICH WAY WILL SWING VOTERS LEAN IN AMERICA’S ELECTION?


THE ECONOMIST EXPLAINS


 * SHOULD AMERICA BAN FLUORIDE IN ITS DRINKING WATER?


 * WHY IS DONALD TRUMP KEEN TO USE “RECESS APPOINTMENTS”?


 * WILL DONALD TRUMP’S POWER BE UNCHECKED IF REPUBLICANS WIN THE HOUSE?


THE ECONOMIST READS


 * WHAT TO READ ABOUT AMERICA’S CULTURE WARS


 * WHAT TO READ ABOUT GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT


 * BOOKS THAT PROBE THE SECRETS OF THE MOSSAD



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