by Marcus Noland | May 29th, 2011 | 07:22 am
Our former colleague Jen Lee flagged this important report now circulating in the Chinese media: North Korea’s own “happiness index.” Astonishingly, North Korea is not number one: 1. China. 2. North Korea. 3. Cuba. 4. Iran. 5. Venezuela. … 152. South Korea. … 203. The United States.
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by Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland | May 28th, 2011 | 07:44 am
We have been blogging on the leaked UN Panel of Experts report at some length, both because of the interesting international politics it has generated and because it provides a great introduction to the political economy of illicit activities. One of the more interesting sections of the report in this regard deals with foreign direct [...]
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Tags: Belarus, China, investment, Iran, KIC, sanctions, Syria, UN, Venezuela
