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Why a drop in unemployment doesn't add up – literally

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Unemployment has decreased, according to the latest figures. Here is a question: if the unemployment rate drops, is everyone happy?

Suppose that, in a very small country, 380 people are either working or would like to work (this group is the labour force), and suppose 38 of these...

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The BRICs: battered, regressive, incompetent, and corrupt?

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There’s an old joke about Brazil that suggests that it’s the country of the future – and it always will be. For a while this looked to be an anachronistic, possibly racist stereotype that had been decisively overturned by Brazil’s rapid economic development and competent-looking economic management. But...

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