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Peter Burgess
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Trump's Most Worrisome Legacy Joseph Stiglitz thinks it's his attacks on the truth-seeking institutions that underpin economic prosperity. Economics & Finance https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-dangerous-anti-enlightenment-legacy-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2019-04
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How Western Economies Can Avoid the Japan Trap Mohamed El-Erian warns that advanced economies should not count on monetary policy to fix deeper structural problems. Princeton University Press: Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers From Princeton University Press https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/west-japanization-low-growth-inflation-by-mohamed-a-el-erian-2019-04
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Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers By Yan Xuetong A leading foreign policy thinker uses Chinese political theory to explain why some powers rise as others decline and what this means for the international order. 'A welcome and often challenging corrective to Eurocentric orthodoxies. There is nothing like this book on the market.' — Barry Buzan, emeritus professor, London School of Economics https://press.princeton.edu/titles/14218.html
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Politics & World Affairs Israel Doubles Down on Illiberal Democracy Shlomo Ben-Ami says that Binyamin Netanyahu's latest election victory will further the emergence of an openly racist regime. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/netanyahu-israel-election-victory-by-shlomo-ben-ami-2019-04
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Economics & Finance The Future of Economic Growth Jim O'Neill discerns broad GDP trends for the next decade on the basis of current demographic trajectories. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/gdp-growth-us-uk-china-brics-by-jim-o-neill-2019-04
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Is Europe Becoming Gaullist? On Point Is Europe Becoming Gaullist? Zaki Laïdi argues that Charles de Gaulle’s legacy has become increasingly relevant for a Europe striving for sovereignty. https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/is-europe-becoming-gaullist-by-zaki-laidi-2019-04
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Economics & Finance How the Market Is Betraying Advanced Economies Diane Coyle advocates a decisive shift away from the neoliberal philosophy that has shaped policy for over four decades. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/free-market-neoliberal-policy-west-by-diane-coyle-2019-04
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Politics & World Affairs The Brexit Impossibility Triangle Emily Jones and Calum Miller provide a definitive outline of the tradeoffs involved in any scenario for a post-European United Kingdom. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/brexit-impossibility-triangle-by-emily-jones-and-calum-miller-2019-04
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What Wins Elections in 2019? Big Picture What Wins Elections in 2019? PS commentators consider why mainstream political parties are struggling to fend off populist challenges. Featured authors: Slawomir Sierakowski, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Mitchell A. Orenstein, Bill Emmott, Jan-Werner Mueller
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Politics & World Affairs Peaceful Coexistence 2.0 Dani Rodrik makes the case for a Sino-American pact that permits both sides more leeway in setting key economic policies. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sino-american-peaceful-economic-coexistence-by-dani-rodrik-2019-04
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Economics & Finance Emerging Risks for Emerging Economies Barry Eichengreen says that a recent respite could prove short-lived, depending on the course of US policy and Chinese growth. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/growing-risks-for-emerging-economies-by-barry-eichengreen-2019-04
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The Dred Scott of Climate Change? Archive The Dred Scott of Climate Change? Robert Dugger argues that the US federal courts should recognize the constitutional rights of future generations.
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Politics & World Affairs The Rising Cost of Strongman Rule in Cambodia Sam Rainsy warns that Prime Minister Hun Sen's repression of workers and opponents risks hobbling the economy. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cambodia-economy-human-rights-investment-by-sam-rainsy-2019-04
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Economics & Finance What's Driving the Global Slowdown? Eswar Prasad warns that weaker growth in the world’s major economies will pose difficult challenges for policymakers. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-economy-slowdown-policy-options-by-eswar-prasad-2019-04
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world-bank-president-climate-change-poverty by Bjorn Lomborg https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/world-bank-president-climate-change-poverty-by-bjorn-lomborg-2019-04