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Plastic Recycling Does Not Work
For many materials like metals or paper, recycling drives down costs, saves energy, and substitutes for resource extraction. Plastics, however, are not…
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Broadcom is a Portfolio of Valuable Semiconductor Businesses
The U.S. semiconductor designer and manufacturer is a patchwork of individually profitable parts that are nonetheless unlikely to cohere into a whole…
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The Lessons of Viktor Orbán's Hungary For Modern Governance
Despite repeated electoral victories and subsequently institutionalizing its power, Hungary's largest political party has surprisingly not yet…
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The World Bank is Not Driving Economic Growth
Much of the institution's activity amounts to funding bureaucracies or providing charity. Prioritizing fashionable causes further reduces the likelihood…
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October 2024

Elizabeth Warren’s Methods to Mold the Federal Government
The Democratic Senator is a law professor who entered politics late in life, but has shown political talent, prioritizing government staffing and…
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The Atlas of Live Players and Institutions
Each new weekly Brief brings us closer to creating not just the best guide to our changing world, but a product like no other: the first-ever atlas of…
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China’s Struggle to Manufacture Advanced Semiconductors
SMIC is China's leading chip foundry. The company made leaps and strides by poaching experts, but U.S. restrictions on its supply chain have for now…
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Hydrogen Could Be Made a Viable Fuel
Hydrogen has the backing of major governments and companies for its potential as a carbon-free fuel. But viability is still locked behind several…
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Hyundai’s Successor Kingdoms
The South Korean industrial giant fragmented into separate conglomerates in a botched succession. Two of them provide crucial heavy industrial capacity…
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Why Argentina’s Social Democracy Failed
Once as affluent as Germany or Italy, the South American nation became an autarkic social democracy without the economic surplus to sustain it. Resource…
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September 2024

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