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664 590 Paula Gaviria & EA Staff

Interview with Paula Gaviria of Colombia

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  • Paula Gaviria & EA Staff
Colombia Medical Cannabis
Producing a gram of cannabis in Colombia costs approximately $0.05 compared to $1.5 in North America. (Seed Finder)

Bureaucracy Nips Colombia’s Medical Cannabis in the Bud
1170 658 Alejandra Londoño & Daniel Duarte

Five years have passed since Colombia jumped on the medical-cannabis bandwagon and joined the 20-plus countries that have incentivized its production and commerce.

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  • Alejandra Londoño & Daniel Duarte
Panama's banking secrecy
Panama’s banking secrecy has led the country to be known as the “Switzerland of the Americas.” (Canva)

The Price of Panama’s Banking Secrecy
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Global Regulators Tighten Screws on Central American Financial Hub

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  • Paz Gómez
Cuba Monetary Unification
The immediate effect of the monetary unification has been tough, leading to widespread unrest. (mambí)

The End of Cuba’s Artificial Hard Money
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Phasing Out of Dollar-Pegged Peso Triggers Devaluation

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  • Paz Gómez
Charles Wheelan speaks at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire. (Kimball Union)

‘Naked Economics’ No Match for ‘Economics in One Lesson’
1365 673 Fergus Hodgson, CAIA

Charles Wheelan’s Primer Exhibits Academic Malaise, Splintered Field

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  • Fergus Hodgson, CAIA
Brazilians stocks
In 2020, 1.5 million new investors started trading through the country’s major exchange, B3. (Rafael Matsunaga)

How the Pandemic Drove Brazilians to Stocks
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Young, Retail Investors Embrace Online Discount Brokers

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  • Paz Gómez