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    InterviewTyler Cowen
    Tyler Cowen: ‘Economists can’t predict the effects of new technologies. Surely that should humble us a bit?’

    The libertarian professor is on a mission to inform and educate so that people can make themselves more productive

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    Having helped create the AstraZeneca Covid-19 drug, the Oxford scientist has another urgent goal, to eliminate malaria through vaccination

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    Northern Ireland’s would-be first minister is frustrated by political stalemate but has one consolation — her goal of Irish reunification is becoming more likely

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