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When Sex Doesn't Sell:
Source: The Independent
Hooters’ 1983 founding provided the impetus for an entirely new concept in the American restaurant industry: the breastaurant. What started out as a side venture between friends in a small beach town near Tampa even...
Trade War Déjà Vu:
Source: The Chosun Daily; American Institute for Economic Research
An edited version of this essay was first featured in Fair Observer.
The US is in the grips of a trade war, battling against a resurgent Asian economic power. This Asian e...
Has Milei Learned Nothing from Chile?
Source: France 24
An edited version of this essay was subsequently featured in Charged Affairs on November 25, 2025.
Associated with deregulation, austerity, and the sanctity of the private sector, the modern interpretation of ‘neoliberal...
Revisiting Mongolia’s ‘Reverse Gender Gap’:
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An edited version of this essay was subsequently featured in Mongolia Weekly on August 4, 2025.
In the late 2010s, as the Mongolian economy came down from the highs of the early 2010s mining boom, a spate of articles about Mongoli...
From the Spanish Peso to the U.S. Dollar:
A 1792 Spanish Carolus IV peso minted in Lima — Chinese firms would strike foreign coins with ‘chop marks’ to certify their authenticity, hence the hodge-podge of Chinese characters strewn across the coin’s obverse; Source
An edited versio...
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