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Bilking Investors – Rotten advice – America’s revolving door for financial advisers who do down their clients Mar 5th 2016 Economist Financial markets can seem bewildering to those who don’t have the time and energy to understand them: all that … Continue reading →

Optimizing Romance – To find true love, it helps to understand the economic principles underpinning the search Feb 13th 2016 Economist Dating is a treacherous business. There may be plenty of fish in the sea, yet many are unhygienic, self-absorbed, … Continue reading →

A Hedge Against Ignorance – Feb 13th 2016 Economist Fuelled by economic uncertainty, investors are cautiously returning to a fickle market reassuringly weighty in this time of turmoil in financial markets. Many are novices, gingerly placing their first bets against … Continue reading →

Not advised – The penalties for turning away from Islam can be quite stringent Mar 26th 2016 Economist “If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion,” Edmond de Goncourt, a French … Continue reading →

After the party – The low oil price is manageable in the short term; but the Gulf states must make big changes to face the future Mar 26th 2016 Economist Fast cars whizz around, malls are full of expensive luxuries … Continue reading →

A Strange New World – Myanmar awakes to new order: a parliament with a freely elected majority Feb 6th 2016 Economist It felt like the first day of school. On February 1st freshly sworn-in legislators belonging to the National League … Continue reading →

Greed and politics are destroying some of Asia’s most valuable coral reefs Feb 13th 2016 Economist Thegiant clams that lurk in the coral reefs of the South China Sea can live for more than a century and grow more than … Continue reading →

Rejuvenating reefs – Though pollution and overuse are damaging corals, their biodiversity offers hope for their future Feb 13th 2016 Economist THE waters off the Hawaiian island of Oahu are visited each winter by migrating marine mammals such as humpback … Continue reading →

The veil in west Africa – Why more countries are outlawing the full-face veil Feb 13th 2016 Economist LAST June, a few months after Chadian forces had crossed into Nigeria to fight the Islamist insurgents of Boko Haram, two suicide-bombers … Continue reading →

Anchors away – Criticism of government is being airbrushed out of news shows Feb 20th 2016 Economist For a decade, millions of Japanese have tuned in to watch Ichiro Furutachi, the salty presenter of a popular evening news show, TV … Continue reading →