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Greece: Abu Dhabi Expands Its Economic Influence in Europe
With €12.75 billion in announced agreements and a further €15 billion investment ambition, the United Arab Emirates is strengthening its economic presence in Greece. Beyond the financial commitments lies a broader strategy: turning the Eastern Mediterranean into a platform for in
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EconomicsThe International Monetary Fund: Guardian of the Global System’s Crises
When a state can no longer finance itself normally, its foreign-exchange reserves are being depleted and market confidence is collapsing, one institution often moves to the center of the equation: the International Monetary Fund.
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EconomicsWTO: The Weakened Arbiter of Global Trade
It was meant to transform global trade into a system governed by rules. Three decades later, the World Trade Organization remains at the heart of international commerce, but the major powers are once again learning to trade according to the imperatives of security, sovereignty and power.
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EconomicsLiberalism: The History of an Idea That Became a System
Liberalism is now everywhere and nowhere. It structures much of the contemporary political order, underpins the functioning of market economies, and permeates concepts that have become almost universal: individual freedom, property, equality before the law, freedom of expression,
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EconomicsCredit Rating Agencies: The Hidden Arbiters of Global Financial Confidence
Every year, a handful of press releases issued by three private companies are enough to move billions of dollars across global financial markets. A sovereign credit downgrade can immediately increase a country's borrowing costs, influence institutional investment decisions, and,
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EconomicsCapitalism: The Crisis of Performance Metrics
Is capitalism experiencing an existential crisis, or is it simply reaching the limits of the mechanisms that have sustained its expansion? The distinction is fundamental.
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EconomicsThe Great Economic Transformations Since the 18th Century: From Economic Doctrines to Empirical Reality
Global economic history is often presented as a succession of triumphant doctrines: mercantilism, liberalism, socialism, Keynesianism, neoliberalism, and, more recently, technological capitalism and state capitalism.