How Bangladesh became a global paragon of economic development – and 11 other weekend reads
Twelve must-read pieces for your Sunday.
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Twelve must-read pieces for your Sunday.
Finance ministers finally seem willing to crack down on avoidance. But the rich may just slip through the loopholes, says political economist Mark Blyth
Political scientist and economics professor Mark Blyth says simply cutting spending to better service debt could have catastrophic consequences on the economy.
The Biden Administration Confronts the Climate-Carbon Cleavage Of the many ways in which the 2020 presidential election might reshape American society, its impact on climate policy may well be the most significant. The Biden administration’s ability to move forward with its agenda, however, is greatly constrained by the carbon-climate cleavage that increasingly shapes American legislative politics and electoral competition. The administration has met this challenge with a three-prong strategy intended to bridge this cleavage. The differences between the Trump and the Biden administrations...
Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust - Unaudited Net Asset Value as at 31 March 2021 PR Newswire LEI: 549300HHFBWZRKC7RW84 Net Asset Value and Valuations · Net asset value ("NAV") per ordinary share was 85.3p (Dec 2020 - 82.0p), an increase of 4.0%, resulting in a NAV total return, including dividends, of 4.9% for Q1 2021; · The portfolio valuation (before CAPEX) increased by 2.5% on a like for like basis, whilst the MSCI Monthly Index increased by 0.9% over the same period. Investment and letting activity · Further restructuring of the portfolio to have assets fit for ...