US criminal justice reform may progress at state level

High incarceration rates are a significant drag on the US economy, but reform prospects among Republicans are uncertain

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Puerto Rican debt restructuring will see legal hurdles

The slow-moving Puerto Rican fiscal crisis has accelerated in the past week, although Congress is still obstinate

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Rising disenchantment with the political class has prompted Tunisians to return to the streets en masse

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Piketty's book and its critics are shaping research on inequality

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Structural and contingent factors are shaping the global economic landscape

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Despite converging industrial policy priorities, BRICS and MINT countries are still diverse in the challenges they face

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Growing social discontent and political mobilisation are stimulating research on inequality

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The cabinet changes may improve political relations but not necessarily the government's popular approval

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The three-month old Greek coalition government and its bailout creditors cannot agree on bailout fulfilment

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Rifts within South Africa's largest trade union federation will have wide-ranging consequences for business and politics

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