Counter-intuitive Short-sellers are disliked by most, including corporate executives, politicians and regulators. Yet, research data shows that they contribute to market confidence and thus liquidity. For years, wider, straighter roads with traffic signals believed to make urban driving safer, yet the result has been the opposite and cities are now narrowing streets and using stop signs or no signage at all. Populists have been selling a vision of agriculture that is small, local and “nature-based,” though the evidence shows that food can be better produced, and nature preserved by using precision agriculture. Policymakers should follow the evidence and not the emotion.  Food Trade Rebound The WTO is forecasting a declin...

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