Protesting rising taxes and lower subsidies, crowds offered no solution to Kenya's debt that the government has had to pay back.
Thinking of people's and the planet's health, China's potato demand needs to increase beyond current consumption levels.
Providing many millions of small loaves of bread at below-market prices, Egypt takes us to a ripple of economic ideas far beyond food.
Having just gone up, garment workers' wages in Bangladesh show the tradeoff between cheap fast fashion and fair pay.
While India's rice export ban was supposed to help domestic consumers, the global impact rippled far beyond one country.
Looking at the world's affluence we can point a lens at billionaire wealth and at global income inequality.
When the press refers to the world's emerging market economies, they could mean a vast array of disparate countries.
China's debt exposure has grown with its Belt and Road Initiative becoming a massive loan rescue operation.
About much more than babies, China's shrinking birth rate reflects a slew of trade offs that created some problematic externalities.











