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  1. Bruce Babbitt

    Bruce Babbitt

    Writing for PS since 2015
    1 Commentary

    Bruce Babbitt, former US Secretary of the Interior and former Governor of Arizona, is a board member of the Amazon Conservation Association.

  2. Philippe Bacchetta

    Philippe Bacchetta

    Writing for PS since 2002
    1 Commentary

    Director of the Study Center Gerzensee (a foundation of the Swiss National Bank) and Professor of Economics at the University of Lausanne.

  3. Michelle Bachelet

    Michelle Bachelet

    Writing for PS since 2012
    3 Commentaries

    Michelle Bachelet is a former president of Chile and a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

  4. Urban Backstrom

    Writing for PS since 2009
    1 Commentary

    Urban Backstrom is Director General of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and a former State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance who was charged with managing the 1991-1993 Swedish banking crisis.

  5. Jean Baderschneider

    Jean Baderschneider

    Writing for PS since 2022
    1 Commentary

    Jean Baderschneider is a non-executive Director of Fortescue Metals Group.

  6. Shaida Badiee

    Shaida Badiee

    Writing for PS since 2015
    1 Commentary

    Shaida Badiee is Managing Director and co-founder of Open Data Watch.

  7. Robert Badinter

    Writing for PS since 2007
    1 Commentary

    Robert Badinter is a former President of France's Constitutional Court. As Minister of Justice he abolished the guillotine and the death penalty in France. He is now a member of the French Senate.

  8. Hoda Badran

    Hoda Badran

    Writing for PS since 2012
    1 Commentary

    Hoda Badran is President of the Egyptian Feminist Union.

  9. Bertrand Badré

    Bertrand Badré

    Writing for PS since 2014
    30 Commentaries

    Bertrand Badré, a former managing director of the World Bank, is CEO and Founder of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital and the author of Can Finance Save the World? (Berrett-Koehler, 2018).

  10. Vanessa Badré

    Vanessa Badré

    Writing for PS since 2024
    1 Commentary

    Vanessa Badré, a faculty fellow at American University, is a lawyer and art historian specializing in analyzing works of art to explore broader social and economic themes and concepts.

  11. Annalena Baerbock

    Annalena Baerbock

    Writing for PS since 2022
    1 Commentary

    Annalena Baerbock is Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany.

  12. Alberto Bagnai

    Alberto Bagnai

    Writing for PS since 2015
    1 Commentary

    Alberto Bagnai is Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the Gabriele d'Annunzio University, and a research associate at the Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée à la Mondialisation at the University of Rouen.

  13. Dany Bahar

    Dany Bahar

    Writing for PS since 2022
    1 Commentary

    Dany Bahar is an associate professor at Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs and a senior fellow at the Harvard Growth Lab.

  14. Amer Baig

    Amer Baig

    Writing for PS since 2019
    1 Commentary

    Amer Baig is a partner and founder of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital.

  15. Martin Neil Baily

    Martin Neil Baily

    Writing for PS since 2013
    9 Commentaries

    Martin Neil Baily is Chair in Economic Policy Development and Senior Fellow and Director of the Business and Public Policy Initiative at the Brookings Institution.

  1. vaheesan2_Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images_gigworkersprotest Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.
  2. sherwin13_CURTIS MEANSPOOLAFP via Getty Images_repubicans trump trial CURTIS MEANS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

    King Trump on Trial

    Richard K. Sherwin

    High-ranking Republican politicians have lately been turning up at Donald Trump’s New York City trial to demonstrate solidarity with the former president. But their attendance also serves a more alarming purpose: to validate Trump as a competing source of sovereign power, independent of the US Constitution and the rule of law.

    explains why a parade of Republican leaders have made appearances at the former president’s trial in New York.
  3. spence173_ Joe RaedleGetty Images_power Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Crunch Time for the Power Sector

    Michael Spence argues that developing flexible, stable, and resilient smart grids requires an expanded industrial policy.
  4. op_janeway16_SAUL LOEBAFP via Getty Images_bidenchips Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

    The Rise of Mesoeconomics

    William H. Janeway

    A growing body of literature focusing on the domain between the microeconomic and the macroeconomic has become increasingly relevant in a world beset by supply shocks. Armed with such insights, those designing industrial policies will have a better chance of achieving their overlapping economic- and national-security goals.

    details how a long-neglected field of economic study can be applied to today's most pressing policy challenges.
  5. strain27_Philipp von Ditfurthpicture alliance via Getty Images_AIeducation Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images

    What the AI Pessimists Are Missing

    Michael R. Strain points out that the technology will help to address many of the risks it creates.
  6. ito37_Spencer PlattGetty Images_columbiaprotests Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    The Innocent Bystanders of College Protests

    Takatoshi Ito laments that a radical minority can disrupt the lives of so many in the broader university community.
  7. lacamera1_Wang DongzhenXinhua via Getty Images_COP28 Wang Dongzhen/Xinhua via Getty Images

    Only Public-Private Cooperation Can Accelerate Decarbonization

    Francesco La Camera & Bruce Douglas explain how to translate political commitments into actual wind turbines and solar panels.
  8. haass167_ANATOLII STEPANOVAFP via Getty Images_ukrainesoldiers Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images

    Defining Success in Ukraine

    Richard Haass calls for a shift to a defensive posture and efforts to bring about a long-term ceasefire.
  9. aslund75_Pierre CromGetty Images_ukraineconflict Pierre Crom/Getty Images

    A Unified Western Strategy for Ukraine

    Anders Åslund proposes a maximalist approach to military aid to replace the current piecemeal injections of old weapons.

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