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...based data proving the opposite. In fact, the poverty rate in the US remained mostly consistent from 1966 to 2014, fluctuating from 15% to 11% (US Census, Table 2). [Toilet paper delivery in Vietnam] Delivering toilet paper in Vietnam There are plenty of reasons why this is the case, some of which can be the direct result of policies and societal factors that keep people...

...based not upon bilateral agreements between countries (sometimes called, disparagingly, the “spaghetti bowl” approach), but upon regional platforms and blocs such as the EU. The most recent example is the completion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the US, Japan, Australia and nine other Pacific Rim nations, signed this month. This shows that regional...

...Based on my own work and statistical modelling by three economists at the Judge Business School of Cambridge University, I argued that the economic impact of Brexit (“hard” or “soft”) on the British economy is likely to be serious in the short run, but manageable if its government applies appropriate fiscal policies. The big loss from leaving, however, will be...

...based on long-held positions that are more akin to faith. On the role of the PLP, Corbyn considers parliamentarians to be delegates of Conference and the movement, though as a recent Guardian editorial pointed out, this can rub up against his commitment to policy as faith, for example with Trident. Perhaps the most commented-upon aspect of the Corbyn Labour ethos is his...