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For a better White House, have fewer appointees

  When President-elect Donald Trump visited the White House last week, he was reportedly surprised to learn that he’ll need to replace nearly the entire staff. While Trump is said to have promised jobs to his small campaign team, research suggests that he should try a revolutionary approach to staffing his administration: replacing political appointees with civil servants. Today, an ...

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Intensify mobilization for climate finance

  The UN meeting in Marrakesh boiled down to finance to combat climate change. Even as the conference addressed many crucial issues, the one to top it all was how to fund adaptation and mitigation against environmental dangers and meet costs of clean technologies. The developing countries insisted that the rich nations should keep their commitments to provide money to ...

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This bank needs a female, northern Brexiteer

  The Bank of England is advertising for a new deputy governor to start next year. As you’d expect, the job posting lists several desired features aspiring candidates should have. But let’s hope the winning applicant possesses some attributes not listed in the official job description; ones that would make the central bank’s monetary policy committee more representative of the ...

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