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When youth crime draws public attention, policymakers typically call for tougher policing and harsher sanctions, overlooking the crime-reducing benefits of
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EU AI regulation should trade lower ex-ante burden for robust ex-post monitoring, judicial review and liability to curb harms without
The European Union has not done a good job of integrating its green goals with its overall approach to finance.
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Recent military conflict in the Middle East have once again reminded the world how vulnerable modern economies
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