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Wouldn't it be great if Covid had forged a common understanding of the appropriate limits to liberty?https://trib.al/VmQM6Vi 

Colombia's troubles are a sign of bad things to come in post-pandemic Latin America, says @MacMargolishttps://trib.al/sSFQztx 

The most extraordinary event of the year — and perhaps the 21st century — made few national headlines. But it should lead both parties in Congress to support a major investment increase in the nation’s research and development infrastructurehttps://trib.al/cWomBHi 

Dogecoin’s status as a joke is what makes it valuablehttps://trib.al/HgWOOSo 

How high will the Federal Reserve take interest rates? Would you believe 4.5%? The former head of the New York Fed wouldhttps://trib.al/oWq5WYX 

FTC chair nominee Lina Kahn’s pinned tweet is a very bad sign for Amazonhttps://trib.al/BGbYPCJ 

Helping India should top the world's self-interest, writes @andymukherjee70https://trib.al/O961oVo 

The U.K. continues to show signs that it could be an interesting investment opportunityhttps://trib.al/RFlZyqn 

Most militaries try to protect civilians, says @elilake. Hamas’s actively exploits themhttps://trib.al/PIRUcbN 

Putin is pulling back his troops from Ukraine's land border, but shifting his military might to the Black Seahttps://trib.al/m4bobjn 

The U.S. birthrate fell to a record low last yearhttps://trib.al/BEnGerd 

If you had a number that you needed to reach before you retire — maybe $200,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000 — rising markets mean you got there earlier than you thought. But wait— you may not have as much money as you think you dohttps://trib.al/XqJMyY5 

A virus will infect only as many people as social networks allow it to, and that in turn has a lot to do with politics, writes @nfergushttps://trib.al/KhGa178 

Mine-free diamonds Vegan silk and leather Bioengineered perfumes Lab-grown products with ethical appeal could be the future of luxuryhttps://trib.al/C3dAvvJ 

A funny thing for Elon Musk to do would be: 1. Tesla buys Bitcoin 2. Tesla says Bitcoin is good 3. Bitcoin's price goes up 4. Tesla sells some Bitcoin, makes a profit 5. Musk tweets that the Bitcoin price is too high 6. Bitcoin prices go down 7. Repeathttps://trib.al/aF0fK50 

Israel might have thought it was winning under Trump, says Pankaj Mishra, but it's now increasingly defenselesshttps://trib.al/UdDQdbb 

A handful of wealthy nations have had a change of heart about Covid-19 vaccine patents. “It’s a belated but powerful step intended to boost vaccine campaigns in developing countries as new virus hotspots flare up,” writes @LionelRALaurenthttps://trib.al/VxWrr4W 

If Biden follows through with his promise to begin America’s disentanglements in the Middle East, says @elilake, then Arab states will need as many friends as possiblehttps://trib.al/q4aHbK5 

There's a parallel financial system led by stablecoins that's starting to jeopardize the greenback's status as a reserve currency, writes @biancoresearchhttps://trib.al/nqCATo4