Schools brief
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Biology brief
How organisms are organised
Like any well-run operation, a body is made of specialised parts
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Defined by their boundaries
Cells and how to run them
All life is made of cells, and cells depend on membranes
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Life is born in chains
How DNA and proteins work
Life can make extraordinary variety by following quite simple strategies
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Putting on weight
Governments can borrow more than was once believed
Hence only muted concern about borrowing to respond to covid-19
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Hard work and black swans
Economists are turning to culture to explain wealth and poverty
As a result, the ideas of the earliest economists are being revised and improved
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Buck up
Global trade’s dependence on dollars lessens its benefits
Policymakers around the world yearn to be free of the greenback’s grip
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Hidden figures
Why does low unemployment no longer lift inflation?
The Phillips curve, the logic of which guides central banks today, has become oddly flat
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When big isn’t beautiful
What more should antitrust be doing?
The first of a series on areas where economists are rethinking the basics