Also in this issue: hard evidence showing that bankers are your friends; the method in the madness of K-Pop; a silver lining for the world in Israel’s seeming endless struggle for survival; a comparison of the parallel disasters that beset the Icelandic and Irish economies when the global financial bubble burst, and their very different approaches; rationale against regulating giant Internet companies; a primer on resurrecting the economies of countries (like Afghanistan) that are collateral damage in modern wars; a review of Benn Steil’s new book, The Battle of Bretton Woods; and more.
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