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...Additional reporting by Rurika Imahashi in Tokyo A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on June 10 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
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...The remainder has ended up in landfill, the ocean or loose in the environment....
...But according to Messrs Haskel and Westlake, it also seems to reduce investment across the economy as a whole....
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...Additional reporting by Tim Bradshaw in Los Angeles and Hannah Kuchler in San Francisco Letter in response to this article: Sending a wrong message / From Mark Frankcom, Westlake Village, CA, US...
...Venzon in Manila, Gwen Robinson in Bangkok, Justina Lee in Singapore and CK Tan in Kuala Lumpur A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on August 1 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc...
...That is the theme of an intriguing new book, Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy, by Jonathan Haskel of Imperial College and Stian Westlake of Nesta....
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