Weekly Roundup - Top Articles and Commentary from Week 42 of 2026

      

Here are links to some selected articles of interest and our posts from this week.

• The Strait Opens As Iran's Economy Closes
• Will AI Rescue Australia's Stagnant Economy
  
• The UN: Good Intentions, Poor Results
• The World Has Changed, Did We Notice ?
• COVID-19 and the Perverse Incentives of a Crisis

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