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Six supposed patient advocacy groups are closely linked to drugmakers and pushing industry-aligned agendas, according to a new report.
- by Gianluca Didino
Though relationships are grounded in shared memories, some gaps and inaccuracies can help us live well in a social world
- by Gillian Murphy & Ciara Greene
In my mother’s hoarding house, I found something I wanted to keep
- by Deborah Derrickson Kossmann
Universities should reject Republicans’ requests for information about Chinese students, academic worker unions said.
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The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.
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Chemistry becomes art in Thomas Blanchard’s timelapse video
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Thirstwaves are drying out croplands
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Mercantilist ideas still resonate in current economic practices. Modern ‘management’ of exchange rates by governments, trying to steal a competitive advantage for exports and accumulate foreign exchange reserves, harks back to mercantilist notions of boosting exports to accumulate gold and silver. Tariffs, import quotas and other measures to control trade and support domestic enterprises are […]
A new report calls on the Government to 'look again' at repealing laws passed under the last Conservative Government
Simon Whitaker Digital currencies and the tokenisation of financial assets could speed up the movement of money and assets between institutions and across borders. Historically, the liberalisation of capital flows led to debates about the impact on macroeconomic and financial stability. Bouts of instability – for example the 2008 global financial crisis – provoked calls … Continue reading Could digitalisation of finance lead to more disruptive international capital flows?
As the world continues to wring its hands, the suffering of the people at the heart of this conflict only continues to grow, writes Alexandra Hall Hall
Erik Satie had a way with words. There have been few composers who found such obvious glee in the use of language. In written performance indications appended to his scores, he would ask musicians to play ‘without your fingers blushing’ or ‘on the tips of your back teeth’. Eschewing the standard terminology of classical notation […]
We sometimes encounter commentary that blows away the smoke that provides cover for important myths in the world of economics and finance. Whether that commentary knows the import of its message is questionable but it certainly has the effect of casting aside a myriad of fictions and redefines the sort of questions that one can…
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