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Why The Euro Is Starting To Resemble The Yen

The European single currency is emerging as the new global provider of liquidity to the international financial system.

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The Meaning Of Black And White Mortality Rates In America

WASHINGTON — For the past year and a half, Princeton economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton have been ringing the alarm about rising mortality among middle-aged white Americans. The pair have attracted a bit of controversy for pointing out these facts. Recently, Pacific Standard’s Malcolm Harris suggested that their research, and the way it was presented, put too much emphasis on white mortality – when black mortality has always been worse. “American white privilege is still very much in effect, and no statistical tomfoolery can change that,” he wrote. Sam Fulwood III, a fellow at the left-leaning Center for American […]

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China Face-To-Face With Dramatic Gender Imbalance

BEIJING — One of the overlooked problems brought by China’s infamous family planning policy is a crticial gender imbalance. With the latest release of the country’s demographic data, Beijing has openly acknowledged the situation, as China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission declared that is the country “with the most serious gender imbalance at birth […]

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