According to Baldwin (2011), in the 18th century, the Steam Revolution allowed for a decrease in transportation costs, which stimulated and expanded geographically international trade, triggering what the author calls

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The second edition of 2022 from The Economist covers how Europe is going through a severe energy crisis and how the Ukraine-Russia tensions are affecting it. Europe has entered this winter with

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In 2020, new official development assistance (ODA) maximum thresholds were set in the world. ODA has been defined by OECD as government aid attributed to middle and low-income countries, or

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The impact of consumption of foreign culture and products on the economy

The increasing trend for globalization is making access to other countries’ products and culture easier than ever. The European Union is the perfect example of it, connecting a set of

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If there is something known about EU immigrants in the UK is that their willingness to work is higher in comparison with UK-born citizens. According to Wadsworth et al. (2016),

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As the tensions between China and the US escalate, Portugal finds itself right in between this clash. While Portugal and the US are connected by an historical alliance, with important

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750 billion euro borrowing round: an opportunity for EU green bonds?

Johannes Hahn, commissioner for the EU budget, has told Financial Times that the European Commission is studying the possibility of issuing gr18een bonds as part of the 750 billion euros

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