The consensus seems to be that for investors to break with BP or Shell would be a short-termist decision. Yet this week's events are a reminder that oil is a political business. They are also a ...

GrowthPolicy: What should we do about economic inequality? Jesse Fried: At the risk of speaking heresy, perhaps the answer is “nothing.” Clearly, America has many serious domestic problems, problems ...

Prime Minister Netanyahu is the embodiment of a tendency towards short-termist actions, and a belief that the Palestinians could be divided between Hamas controlling Gaza and Fatah the West Bank, and ...

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