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The Three Waves of Hunger: The Devastating Ripple Effects of COVID-19

Chase Sova | World Food Program | 04/21/2020

How will COVID-19 have such a large impact on hunger? Chase Sova, WFP USA senior director of public policy and research, explains its threats and affects in three waves. The…

UK trade deals and opportunities post Brexit

Stewart Paterson | Hinrich Foundation Research | 04/20/2020

Since 1973, the UK’s pattern of trade has been dramatical...

Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads

David Laborde, Will Martin, and Rob Vos | International Food Policy Research Institute | 04/16/2020

The Global Drug Supply Chain

Christopher Holt | American Action Forum | 04/10/2020

At the start of 2020, reducing the prices American patients pay for prescriptio...

Surface-Level Public Policy Prescriptions Exacerbate the Pandemic

Veronique de Rugy | Mercatus Center | 04/09/2020

A pandemic is not the time for imprudent public...

Trade and the COVID-19 crisis in developing countries

Alvaro Espitia, Nadia Rocha, and Michele Ruta | VoxEU | 04/09/2020

While COVID-19 is most virulent today in ...

A Quick and Dirty Lesson about the Trade Deficit

Daniel J. Ikenson | CATO Institute | 04/04/2020

The trade balance is calculated as the difference between the val...

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