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[Adam Minter] China’s costly ban on foreign trash

Giant bales of recycled paper and plastic are piling up across the US. Six months ago, most of them would’ve been bound for China, the world’s leading importer of recyclables. But earlier this year,...

Jun 7, 2018
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[Costas Georgiades, Luca Bucken] The inhumanity of Europe’s refugee policy

For the asylum seekers in the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, the word “almost” has become a source of devastation. They almost made it. They are almost at the end of their brutal journey. As A...

Jun 7, 2018
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[Conor Sen] Companies really can ‘do more with less’

With the unemployment rate at generational lows, companies are increasingly trying to squeeze more economic growth out of their current workforces, rather than hiring. That may prove counterproductiv...

Jun 7, 2018
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[Cathy Young] Why feminists must read Jordan Peterson

One of the most controversial public intellectuals today is an eccentric, primly dressed professor who writes about esoteric mythology, dispenses old-fashioned wisdom such as “clean your room” and ch...

Jun 7, 2018
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[Kim Myong-sik] Security guarantee for North Korea stops at border

For a long time, “reunification” has been a North Korean monopoly, at least in the propaganda business. On any inter-Korean event, North Koreans led singing the song “Our Wish Is Reunification,” and ...

Jun 6, 2018
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[Jonathan Bernstein] Trump’s presidency isn’t for everyone. Just listen to him.

Many Republicans felt that Barack Obama and Bill Clinton made no attempt to be president of the whole nation -- and many Democrats believed the same about George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. They were ...

Jun 6, 2018
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[Bloomberg] A B.A. isn’t the only way for students to succeed

Every year millions of Americans receive an asset that, based on past performance, promises to nearly double their lifetime incomes: a bachelor’s degree. Earning one is an achievement to be proud of....

Jun 6, 2018
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[Anne Stevenson-Yang] If you want to cut the China trade gap, invest in America

One reason the US and China can’t figure out how to negotiate on trade may be that the Americans are making two sets of demands that are antithetical to each other, without even realizing it. On on...

Jun 6, 2018
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[David Rothkopf] Only Trump could make this kind of deal

It’s been said that only Nixon could have gone to China. This week a professor at a top Chinese university told me, with just a hint of slyness, “Maybe only Donald Trump could make peace with North K...

Jun 6, 2018
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[Albert R. Hunt] Trump’s presidency is built upon double standards

US President Donald Trump and his always enabling press secretary Sarah Sanders charged there was a “double standard” when a television network apologized for a racist comment made about a top aide t...

Jun 5, 2018
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[Kim Seong-kon] Advice from Churchill for today’s Korea

After reading my column “Advice from Adm. Yi Sun-sin for young Koreans,” my friend Theresa sent me a list of advice from Winston Churchill that was delightfully insightful and compelling, especially ...

Jun 5, 2018
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[Ml Cavanaugh] Can science fiction help us prepare for 21st-century warfare?

The novelist Margaret Atwood recently caused a stir when, during an interview with Variety, she said that the 9/11 hijackers “got the idea” to fly planes into buildings from watching “Star Wars.” A...

Jun 5, 2018
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[Leonid Bershidsky] US should move forces in Germany to Poland

Poland is willing to spend $1.5 billion to $2 billion to entice the US to build a permanent military base there, according to a Defense Ministry proposal. The plan offers a strong incentive for the U...

Jun 5, 2018
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[Nobuko Kobayashi] Japan’s past should be its future

Like “gemutlich” (a German adjective describing fireside coziness), the Japanese word “omotenashi” is hard to define but easy to picture. It’s a cashier greeting you nicely rather than chatting with ...

Jun 5, 2018
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[Angel Gurria] Multilateralism is the only way forward

International cooperation is under strain. The voices of protectionism and nationalism are gaining strength, and governments are increasingly pursuing policy goals through unilateral or ad hoc measur...

Jun 4, 2018
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