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June 4, 2018

Trade
Mexico Knows How to Fight a Trade War

Mexico's retaliatory tariffs (on some types of steel, lamps, cheese, pork, apples, grapes, and cranberries) will swat at Trump’s political base.

Trucks wait in the queue for border customs control to cross into U.S. at the World Trade Bridge in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico April 5, 2018.

June 3, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Mugabe Publicly Criticizes Mandela for Being Soft on Whites

Nelson Mandela is an international icon for the politics of reconciliation and the rule of law. Since the transition to non-racial democracy, South African elections have been credible, following the…

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arrives at a rally to address

August 12, 2014

Brazil
Lights Out: Brazil’s Power Problem

With the World Cup over, Brazilians are turning to their next big event—October’s presidential elections. While President Dilma Rousseff still leads in the polls, her margins continue to shrink. A re…

December 22, 2010

Economics
More on Energy Efficiency

My post last week on the “Jevons Paradox” – the claim that increased energy efficiency actually raises energy consumption – generated a good bit of feedback, both in the comments and in my email. The…

April 25, 2018

United States
Close Social Media Loopholes to Protect Upcoming U.S. Elections

The 2018 U.S. midterms are less than eight months away, and Congress has done nothing to close loopholes that enable political advertising on social media to fuel disinformation and division. Time fo…

Zuck before Congress