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What if the states of Brazil were independent nations?

The Economist explores this question, estimating the GDP of the individual Brazilian states and what their international equivalents would be.

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New IMF chief Christine LaGarde advocates capital injections for European banks.

IMF Chief Christine LaGarde, replacement for Dominique Strauss Kahn (who seemed to be busier chasing tail than focusing on his job), has advocated for a capital injection into European banks and states that ‘decoupling’ EU states from the monetary union is a myth. She has argued for capital injections into European banks, solutions to the […]

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