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Wealth of Nations

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Thoughts on whether UK debt is sustainable, why the IMF is right on European welfare, are we approaching peak China, how graft shaped Ukraine and Georgia, and celebrating two media survivors

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Nov 16, 2025
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  • UK Politics: Not Sustainable

  • European Debt: Unaffordable model

  • Peak China? Bitter Anger

  • Ukraine and Georgia: Eastern Approaches

  • 25th Anniversaries: Media Survivors

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