James Boughton, Harry White and the American creed: how a federal bureaucrat created the modern global economy (and failed to get the credit), Yale University Press, November 2021, 464 pages Harry Dexter White (1892–1948) is among…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant By Laura Sanicola and Muyu Xu (Reuters)…
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The recent sharp rises in inflation have effectively put an end to three decades of relative price stability in the UK. The prices of most goods and services have gone up and could go even…
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Alarming stories from Antarctica are now more frequent than ever; the ice surface is melting, floating ice shelves are collapsing and glaciers are flowing faster into the ocean. Antarctica will be the largest source of…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A breeding sow is seen inside a barn on a family run pig farm near Driffield, Britain, October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Surgeons at New York…
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The 1970s launched an environmental reckoning across the U.S. Spurred by rising public concern, corporations and national leaders pledged to protect resources, and created new laws and agencies to lead that effort. Amid these discussions,…
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The Bank of Lithuania has become one of the first central banks in Europe to invest in Chinese securities in a change of direction that sees the central bank target a more profitable investment of…
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Biology is rich in patterns. You’ll find them everywhere – from the number of petals on a flower (which generally correspond to a number in the Fibonacci sequence), to the number of vertebrae in mammals…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford By Florence Tan and Emily Chow SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on…
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Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, remains a bellweather for the sector. It hit an all-time high of more than US$68,000 (£55,600) in November 2021, when the overall value of the cryptocurrency market was close to US$3…
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