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“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative […]
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A Crisis of Fiduciary Regulation: From ‘Access’ to Foundering Formalisation in South African Property Inheritance
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“You have to do your business, right?”: Politics of regulating maternal health markets in Bangladesh
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London Metal Exchange Week is Europe’s biggest annual gathering of actors in the metal sector — representatives of mining companies
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In figure 1, the pen in John’s hand points to a column on the computer screen. On the same screen
Foreign Investment for Domestic Development
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Regulating Underwater Worlds: Anthropology, experts & thinking cross culturally about the sea
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