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As Egypt goes, so goes the Middle East?

Friday, January 27, 2012
Commentator Reza Aslan says the outcome of Egypt's experiment with democracy has implications for the region as a whole.
Posted In: Egypt, middle east, revolution, democracy

Hernando de Soto on the Middle East's 'Informal' Revolution

Monday, June 20, 2011
Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto is best known for the big, paradigm-shifting idea of his 2000 book: The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Tr...
Posted In: Arab Spring, black market, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, Egypt, Hernando de Soto, middle east, Mohamed Bouazizi, property rights, revolution, The Mystery of Capital, Tunisia

Tunisia: Promises of a brighter future

Monday, February 7, 2011
Tunisia's nickname in Arabic is "Tunis the Green." It's kind of puzzling if you come here in the summer, when everything is sun-baked, or if you...
Posted In: Education, Jobs, revolution, Tunisia

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High-frequency trading: Bad for markets... and the soul?

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Nick Hanauer on the TED talk, income inequality controversy

If the idea of "trickle-down economics" hasn't worked---when governments have actually *tried* it, rather than a form they...