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A courageous article
Postbag, Published on 19/07/2025
» Re: "Corrupt monks have lost their way", (Opinion, July 14).
Averting statistical tragedies with better data
Oped, Pinelopi Goldberg, Published on 27/11/2021
» In a July 2020 article for Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Tristan Reed and I showed that, contrary to expectations, Covid-19 deaths per capita were much lower in poorer countries than in richer ones. Readers immediately countered that this finding must be due to mismeasurement or a lack of data for these countries. Our result has since withstood scrutiny and the test of time, but the initial response was revealing: statistics originating in developing countries tend to be met with suspicion (and often are dismissed outright).
Tunnel vision
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/10/2020
» Re: "EEC panel okays feasibility studies on three projects", (BP, Oct 6).
Peasants, behave!
News, Postbag, Published on 08/12/2018
» Re: "Enough of the iron grip", (Editorial, Dec 7).
Democrats no strangers to tariffs
News, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 15/06/2018
» US President Donald Trump's aggressive approach to trade, which was on stark display at last week's G7 summit in Quebec, has elicited widespread derision. Critics point out that his tariffs hurt the domestic economy -- by raising costs for consumers and producers, and reducing foreign sales of farmers and other exporters -- while undermining America's relationships with its own allies. But there is one point that many observers get wrong: contrary to popular belief, Mr Trump's tariffs are not an unprecedented departure from historical Republican orthodoxy.
Rohingya riddle
News, Postbag, Published on 25/05/2018
» Re: "Pressure mounts on Suu Kyi over Rakhine", (Opinion, May 21)