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America’s booming blood-plasma industry
Bans on paying for human blood distort a vital global market
How global university rankings are changing higher education
Plunging response rates to household surveys worry policymakers
Government data are ever more important to economic research
To help save the world, become a banker not a doctor
Can “effective altruism” maximise the bang for each charitable buck?
What makes a country good at football?
After decades of triumph, democracy is losing ground
Public transport is in decline in many wealthy cities
Hospitals are learning from industry how to cut medical errors
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How Iraq was deprived of its weapons of mass destruction
North Korea presents nuclear disarmament’s biggest challenge yet
The welfare state needs updating
Concern about “sexualised” children often misses the point
“Sin” taxes—eg, on tobacco—are less efficient than they look
Countries team up to save the liberal order from Donald Trump
Long summer holidays are bad for children, especially the poor
Summer camps entertain, educate and give kids a competitive edge
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