The Trump administration has increased diplomatic pressure on the Ortega-Murillo regime, but it has stopped short of harsher measures, such as curbing American oil exports, or severing banking ties https://t.co/2CX9diwrWa ...

As the scope of government has expanded, the machinery of Congress has failed to keep up. That has made the work of America’s lawmakers even more difficult https://t.co/j8lxyrIoYA ...

Before the Americas were densely inhabited by humans, the hemisphere was the jaguars’ playground. Deforestation has more than halved the big cat’s original range https://t.co/TtbPiGnOW9 ...

“Temptation is sidelined until you physically return to the Brick,” says the co-founder of the viral app-blocking device. In a digital world, this bricks-and-mortar approach has merits https://t.co/poQlF7lBJq ...

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are mired in a worsening spat. As ever in the region, the feud is a mix of the political and the personal https://t.co/YZIse15GKvPhoto: Getty Images https://t.co/8F5bIMwDyh ...

Optimal growing conditions helped make last year a record one for Germany’s potato harvest. Belgium, France and the Netherlands have also had a bounty https://t.co/SaHo0UfcLV ...

Whether the rich are paying a reasonable rate or not, today’s combination of higher pre-tax inequality and higher tax rates on top earners has left Robin Hood governments astonishingly dependent on them for their revenue https://t.co/jos8OeAoL8 ...

“Executive-pay packages are notoriously complex, stuffed with performance measures and all-or-nothing targets,” laments Alex Edmans. The real question, he argues, is whether it is earned https://t.co/hwWr5D1i2m ...

“The welfare state has turned into what you might call a Robin Hood state.” @econcallum tells “The Intelligence” tax regimes are getting more progressive, not less https://t.co/zzfitRhgS3 ...

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