economic

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Cuba is in the midst of an economic meltdown and on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe after decades of government mismanagement and U.S. sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

At nearly 30% of Peru’s economic output today, central-bank reserves are roughly twice as much as those held by Latin America’s other large nations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"But Europe is definitely not poor and this is a technological opportunity for Europe to reshuffle a bit the cards in terms of autonomous strategy and our ability to have economic leading players," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The energy CEO said that Western countries had largely been buffered from the worst economic effects of the war through their stockpiles of oil and gas.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Prisons would have to be closed across America, an event that would likely inspire panic in rural communities that have become dependent on prisons for jobs and economic growth.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander