I scraped 1361 publicly available posts by thirteen of ’s most popular economics/investment bloggers – , , , , , , , , , , , and – to identify which countries are most in the spotlight.
Unsurprisingly, China and the US came out on top, with Russia in third place. But G20-host South Africa and, surprisingly, Argentina attract far less attention.
Somaliland has a strong case for independence. But now might not be the best time to recognize Hargeisa.
International recognition for Somaliland should be conditioned on concrete economic and political reforms.