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Bonded lives
Why did Georgians get slammed with a $15k bond requirement for applying for a tourist visa to the US?
Mar 19
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Fifty billion deep
Or, where three decades of underinvestment gets you
Feb 13
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Money machine
Georgia’s banks are among the world’s most profitable. That’s not a good thing.
Jan 28
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Adventures in accounting
On the surprising recent surge in Georgia's financial services exports
Jan 13
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Tax haven blues
On why Georgia’s GDP has even less to do with reality than you may have thought
Dec 24, 2025
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How to steal a billion
(by transfering valuable state land for free to a JV with foreign partners)
Dec 8, 2025
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Varieties of transition
Why, in the 1990s, did some post-Communist countries fare a lot worse than others?
Dec 2, 2025
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No jobs: Georgia's #1 problem
On Georgia's 31% de facto unemployment rate, the reasons for it, and what it means for the country's future
Nov 18, 2025
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