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The country should be faring much better
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Local politicians are too often corrupt and criminal
When governments are indebted, high interest rates wreak havoc
Some of the world’s most powerful judges have an over-cosy relationship with the business and political elite
It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever
