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As horror mounts over Russia’s war crimes, the clamour for Vladimir Putin to be held to account is growing. Joe Biden has accused Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine and has labelled the Russian president a 'war criminal'. Even Emmanuel Macron – who is the Western leader who has done the most to try and talk Putin around – has said he has run out of patience with Putin. Yet Russia's leader remains unfazed: the 64th motorised brigade, which has been accused of committing war crimes in...
Read More »The Strategic Logic of Russia’s War on Ukraine
By Chris Blattman April 25, 2022 6:31 pm ET Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow, April 20. Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko/Associated Press...
Read More »Everything We Knew About Sweatshops Was Wrong
In the 1990s, Americans learned more about the appalling conditions at the factories where our sneakers and T-shirts were made, and opposition to sweatshops surged. But some economists pushed back. For them, the wages and conditions in sweatshops might be appalling, but they are an improvement on people’s less visible rural poverty.As the economist Joan Robinson said, “The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all.”Textbook...
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