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The Pandemic Will Leave Scars on the Job Market
All economies affected by the pandemic have something in common. The rate of vaccination of the population—quite different in different countries—has been the main factor determining the prospects for the resumption of economic activity, as it is a race against local waves of transmission of the virus.
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Failure to Converge
Incomes on the southern shores of the Mediterranean are about one-fifth to one-third of those on the northern shore, ratios that have not changed much over the last generation. This was not supposed to happen.
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A Possible Tug-of-war Between the Fed and the Markets
The projections for United States GDP released by the Federal Reserve on March 17, pointed to a growth rate of 6.5% in 2021, well above December’s 4.2% forecast.
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A New Evil is Bringing Down the World
It was an illusion. A dream or wishful thinking—and some fake news. Scientists would develop a vaccine at break-neck speed. It would be available for all, wealthy nations sharing with the poor. But unfortunately the COVID-19 deaths continue to mount.
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L’accord Union européenne-Chine sur l’investissement : un test à double détente
Cet article sera publié dans le numéro 173 de la Revue Commentaire.
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Resilience Against All Odds
Affluent citizens of Manhattan have been escaping to their beach homes at the famous Hamptons or the picturesque coast of nearby Massachusetts. Parisians are deserting their spacious apartments overlooking parks and boulevards, descending on quaint villages in Normandy or beyond.
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Europe: Time for Intergenerational Solidarity… with the Young
For the last 70 years, the social order in Europe has been based on the concept and practice of inter-generational solidarity.
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Politique étrangère du Président Biden : l’Iran, un « casse-tête chinois »
L’expression « casse-tête chinois » est empruntée pour décrire toute situation noueuse où s’entrelacent les possibilités de solution et où l’intelligence et la lucidité ne peuvent se passer de la patience pour dénouer les boucles multiples et diverses, ou pour trouver le chemin à suivre pour arriver à bon port en dépit des méandres et des labyrinthes.
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Dr. Carolina Zuheill Rosales, a Mexican Doctor with a cause
The Covid-19 pandemic has induced a major shift in Carolina Zuheill Rosales’ career. This internal medicine doctor founded Guimedic in 2011, when she was 25. Through its mobile clinics, this NGO provides medical consultations in remote and poor areas throughout Mexico. The main focus is to treat indigenous communities.
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The size of Biden’s fiscal package
The monetary policy report submitted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the U.S. Congress on Friday Feb. 19 showed that the Fed’s members have improved economic growth expectations for 2021 and 2022, expect lower unemployment rates.