Tempted to erect trade barriers to protect jobs at home? Think again, says Alan Wheatley, who holds up the iPhone as “the essence of trade.” High school students participating in a mini-course on the U.S. elections recently peppered News-Decoder...
Many U.S. voters are anxious about trade and globalization. Incomes are stagnant, inequality rising. But trade can be a solution, not a problem. Customers show off their new iPhones in Sydney, Australia, 16 September 2016. (EPA/Joel Carrett) News-Decoder has teamed up...
Europe is right to order Apple to pay billions of euros of back taxes to Ireland. A failure to crack down on tax avoidance can only fuel populism. Employees at Apple’s European headquarters in Hollyhill, close to Cork, Ireland. 14 May 2015 (EPA/David Keane) This is...
We publish this on July 25, which is Republic Day in Tunisia. Tunisia abolished the monarchy on that day in 1957, and Habib Bourguiba became its first president. By Hafawa Rebhi “Down with corruption!” “The amnesty bill will not pass!” “¡No...
Despite its rich history and glamorous look, Bournemouth is a British town where poverty and wealth co-exist, cheek by jowl. — Photo Essay by Liam Grace — Wealth and poverty share a British town13Wealth and poverty share a British town13 Wealth and poverty...
This story was runner-up in the high school category in News-Decoder’s inaugural essay contest. By Aisha Malhas The flag of Jordan includes a white star with seven points, one for each of the seven hills on which the capital Amman was built. Today those seven...
Young adults around the world face an alarming set of challenges: debt, joblessness, globalization and rising house prices. Young people at a seminar on investing, Brookline (USA), 8 January 2016(AP Photo/The Christian Science Monitor, Ann Hermes) The Guardian...
Whatever his takeover of the Republican party says about U.S. politics, Donald Trump is capitalizing on anxiety over changes in the global economy. We asked News-Decoder correspondents for their thoughts on Donald Trump’s campaign to become U.S. president. Last...
Record unemployment has forced many young Greeks to leave their country, but the decision to uproot is not an easy one to take. This is the second in a series of articles by students at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the effects of Greece’s economic...
Stock markets around the world have fallen sharply. The question is: How vicious can the bear become? Sculpture of a bear outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (EPA/Frank Rumpenhorst) The nation’s heartland boomed to meet the global economy’s insatiable demand for its...