BUSINESS
UN's sustainable development goals are mission impossible
The road to a hotter, sicker, poorer planet is paved with good intentions, mushy language and too many missed goals
BUSINESS
Can the Fed's interest rate regime ignore geopolitics?
As it raises interest rates at the fastest pace in over 40 years, the US Fed's actions militate against US strategic interest in preventing developing countries from falling into China's sphere of influence
BUSINESS
Bolivian government promises prosperity from Lithium amid perennial economic struggles
No country offers a starker warning about the perils of betting on raw materials to fund a path out of poverty. Bolivia has had other commodity booms in the past but it remains the poorest country in South America
BUSINESS
Argentina's inflation problem stumped ChatGPT
ChatGPT-4’s answers to the how-do-we-fix-Argentina's-inflation question seemed no better than those of the many humans who have given it a shot and failed
BUSINESS
Have poor countries and their poorer citizens missed the bus to prosperity?
With jobs in manufacturing sliding, the best hope for developing economies is to build development around their domestic services businesses
