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[Noah Smith] If you love capitalism, worry about small business

Capitalism has lost some of its luster in the US. The percentage of Americans aged 18 to 29 who say they support capitalism checks in at only 39 percent. Other polls find similar results, and anecd...

Jul 17, 2018
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[Kim Seong-kon] A passage to India and Korea

Reading Salman Rushdie’s novels, one can find some striking similarities between Korea and India. For example, both countries were victims of imperialism, colonized by Japan and Britain, respectively...

Jul 17, 2018
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[David Fickling] BASF playing China matchmaker should worry US

If you want a look at how China is playing the economic diplomacy of its simmering trade war with the US, consider BASF SE. The world’s most profitable listed chemical company agreed on July 9 to s...

Jul 17, 2018
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[Robert J. Fouser] Going beyond the minimum wage

The recent announcement that the government plans to raise the minimum wage by 11 percent to 8,350 won ($7.40) next year has sent shock waves through the business community. Small business rallied to...

Jul 17, 2018
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[Michael Abramowitz and Sarah Repucci] Americans still want their government to support democracy abroad

A flood of commentaries concluding that Americans are more inward-looking, indifferent to international engagement and skeptical about the country’s obligation to influence change in repressive envir...

Jul 17, 2018
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[David Ignatius] Better relations with Russia a worthy goal. But at what price?

As the Helsinki summit approaches, President Trump appears to be on the verge of acquiescing to the belligerent strategy and behavior that Moscow has been pursuing for decades. The summit will be a ...

Jul 16, 2018
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[Tyler Cowen] What’s holding Mexico’s economy back

With the election of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as president of Mexico, the perennial question resurfaces: Might Mexico see a higher rate of growth? Its economy has grown at a rate of about 2 percen...

Jul 16, 2018
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[Scott Cowen] Is Trump an “effective leader”?

No matter how much chaos and disruption US President Donald Trump causes -- to trade, business, and even America’s core alliances -- his supporters regularly insist that Trump is a leader who gets th...

Jul 16, 2018
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[James Bacchus] Cheating isn’t going to help China win

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Jul 16, 2018
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[Ramesh Ponnuru] Trump’s four rules for conducting a trade war

New tariffs on Chinese imports went into effect only on July 6, so it is too early to say how the trade war is going and which country, if any, will win it. Even the most die-hard free trader should ...

Jul 16, 2018
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[Editorial] No promoting NK

Seoul offers space to event disparaging South; Mayor congratulates

Jul 16, 2018
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[K. Ward Cummings] Judging a president by his staff

For as long as there has been a Capitol Hill, a secret list has circulated informally among staffers there bearing the names of the most difficult members of Congress to work for. Any staffer today w...

Jul 15, 2018
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[Leonid Bershidsky] Putin and Trump will put on an empty show

When President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16, some Americans will watch with apprehension: What if they hatch a plan that’ll harm US interests? What if Trump is ...

Jul 15, 2018
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[Therese Raphael] Trump isn’t getting the Brexit he wanted

The UK’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union represented a moment of vindication and hope for Donald Trump. No wonder he sounds worried now, as he arrives in the UK for his visit. It’s not the pr...

Jul 15, 2018
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[Ferdinando Giugliano] Emmanuel Macron gets a lesson in hubris

Emmanuel Macron can’t complain about the historical figures to whom he’s been compared since his election to the Elysee Palace. From Louis XIV to Charles de Gaulle, they show how much he embodies Fra...

Jul 15, 2018
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