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The Return of Global Imbalances and the Feedback Loops Nobody Wants to Fix
Global current account imbalances are widening again, and the structural forces sustaining them have grown more entrenched than ever before.
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The EU Is Rewriting Its Merger Rulebook to Build Corporate Giants
Brussels is rewriting competition rules to favor corporate scale over consumer protection — and the second-order effects could reshape European markets for decades.
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Europe's Housing Shortage Goes Deeper Than Price: It's a Supply Crisis
Europe's housing emergency isn't just about prices. A regulatory system structurally biased against new supply is quietly strangling labor mobility and locking out a generation.
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How War Is Quietly Draining the Gulf's $6 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Machine
The Gulf's $6 trillion sovereign wealth machine was built to outlast oil. Regional conflict may now be testing whether it can outlast war.
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