The illusion of stability
Economic calm is always the precursor to a storm. Economics says stability is the sign of a healthy economy. There may be shocks that temporarily knock an economy out of …
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Killer watts
Helen Thompson is a professor of international political economy who thinks that understanding energy can explain a lot (if not all as she is careful to say) that has happened …
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Talking Shop
Christopher Dent is an international political economist who has been observing how international institutions have talked the neo-liberal language on climate change, energy and environment for the past few decades. …
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Whose news?
So COP27 is in November. Last year the build-up seemed huge for the last international climate conference in Glasgow, COP26. This time; not so much. But is that my UK …
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On being an inspiration
Chee Yoke Ling has, since the 1980s, supported Global South countries in becoming more effective in international policy negotiations. The Mint called her up in Bonn, where she was attending …
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Drowning in silence
The Mint spent time with Waqar Rizvi, a media commentator in Pakistan, to discuss views from the global South – particularly its perspectives on demands for climate change compensation – …
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No shortage of profit
Semiconductor firms cash in with a collective old block on chips. Chris Mouré explains. Over the past year, looking into the business of semiconductors, I examined the historical relationships between …
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Radical moves
Could a sway to the left in South America be the start of a new Latin step? Alexander Kozul-Wright looks at the partners. Political change in Latin America’s recent history …
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Susan Strange saw the financial crisis coming, Your Majesty
Nat Dyer gives the late Professor Susan Strange credit for having the answers and argues she deserves still more. There is something odd about one of the iconic stories we …
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Atomic number one fuel
With the UK government and others announcing hydrogen strategies as part of their Net Zero plans, Jeremy Williams assesses the potential – and the pitfalls – of the first element. …
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