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  1. Bruce Ackerman

    Bruce Ackerman

    Writing for PS since 1998
    2 Commentaries

    Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, is the author, most recently, of The Postmodern Predicament (Yale University Press, 2024).

  2. Laurence Boone

    Laurence Boone

    Writing for PS since 2023
    2 Commentaries

    Laurence Boone, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, is a former secretary of state for European affairs of France.

  3. Carsten Brosda

    Carsten Brosda

    Writing for PS since 2024
    1 Commentary

    Carsten Brosda, Minister for Culture and Media in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is President of the German Theatre and Orchestra Association (Deutscher Bühnenverein), Chairman of the Social Democratic Culture Forum, and Chairman of the SPD Commission of Media Policies.

  4. Eleanor Carter

    Eleanor Carter

    Writing for PS since 2024
    1 Commentary

    Eleanor Carter is Academic Co-Director of the Government Outcomes Lab at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government.

  5. Tatyana Deryugina

    Tatyana Deryugina

    Writing for PS since 2024
    1 Commentary

    Tatyana Deryugina is Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

  6. David Eaves

    David Eaves

    Writing for PS since 2024
    1 Commentary

    David Eaves is Co-Deputy Director and Associate Professor of Digital Government at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.

  7. Anastassia Fedyk

    Anastassia Fedyk

    Writing for PS since 2022
    7 Commentaries

    Anastassia Fedyk is Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of California, Berkeley.

  8. Teresa Ghilarducci

    Teresa Ghilarducci

    Writing for PS since 2018
    7 Commentaries

    Teresa Ghilarducci is Professor of Economics at The New School for Social Research.

  9. Rachel Glennerster

    Rachel Glennerster

    Writing for PS since 2022
    2 Commentaries

    Rachel Glennerster, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, served as Chief Economist of the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  10. Carolyn J. Heinrich

    Carolyn J. Heinrich

    Writing for PS since 2024
    1 Commentary

    Carolyn J. Heinrich is Professor of Public Policy, Education, and Economics at Vanderbilt University.

  11. Nancy Isenberg

    Nancy Isenberg

    Writing for PS since 2024
    1 Commentary

    Nancy Isenberg, Emeritus Professor of History at Louisiana State University, is the author of Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr, The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality, and White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Penguin Books).

  12. Peter G. Kirchschläger

    Peter G. Kirchschläger

    Writing for PS since 2024
    1 Commentary

    Peter G. Kirchschläger, Professor of Ethics and Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne, is a visiting professor at the ETH Zurich’s AI Center.

  13. Rakesh Mohan

    Rakesh Mohan

    Writing for PS since 2014
    5 Commentaries

    Rakesh Mohan, a former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, is a member of the Economic Advisory Panel to the World Bank President Ajay Banga, President Emeritus of the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, and a member of the Task Force on Climate, Development, and the International Monetary Fund.

  14. Mohamed Nasheed

    Mohamed Nasheed

    Writing for PS since 2020
    3 Commentaries

    Mohamed Nasheed, a former president of the Maldives, is Founder and Secretary-General of the Climate Vulnerable Forum.

  15. Sania Nishtar

    Sania Nishtar

    Writing for PS since 2013
    8 Commentaries

    Sania Nishtar is CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

  16. Justina Nixon-Saintil

    Justina Nixon-Saintil

    Writing for PS since 2023
    2 Commentaries

    Justina Nixon-Saintil is Vice President and Chief Impact Officer at IBM.

  17. Ifeanyi M. Nsofor

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor

    Writing for PS since 2019
    9 Commentaries

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor, a Senior New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute, is a Global Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity at George Washington University and an Innovation Fellow at PandemicTech.

  18. Nicu Popescu

    Nicu Popescu

    Writing for PS since 2007
    4 Commentaries

    Nicu Popescu, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, is a former minister of foreign affairs and European integration of Moldova.

  19. Eric Posner

    Eric Posner

    Writing for PS since 2019
    30 Commentaries

    Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, is the author of How Antitrust Failed Workers (Oxford University Press, 2021).

  20. William L. Silber

    William L. Silber

    Writing for PS since 2007
    4 Commentaries

    William L. Silber, a former professor of finance and economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business, is the author of The Power of Nothing to Lose: The Hail Mary Effect in Politics, War, and Business (William Morrow, 2021).

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    Central Banks in a Cashless World

    Mariana Mazzucato & David Eaves explain why policymakers should become more involved in shaping or creating digital-payments infrastructure.
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    Governments Must Step Up to Prevent Cervical Cancer

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor urges policymakers worldwide to commit to administering the HPV vaccine as widely as possible.
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    The Perils of Retirement in America

    Teresa Ghilarducci

    The US retirement system is failing American workers. But after decades of pushing fake fixes – especially forcing people to work longer – US policymakers have an opportunity to make real progress in bolstering Americans' economic security in old age.

    proposes a Grey New Deal that would boost economic security for all US workers in old age.
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    Fifty Years of Immunization Success Call for 50 More

    Sania Nishtar touts the remarkable results of global collaboration on routine vaccination and foresees continued progress.
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    Trump on Trial

    From a long list of criminal indictments to unfavorable voter demographics, there is plenty standing between presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and a second term in the White House. But a Trump victory in the November election remains a distinct possibility – and a cause for serious economic concern.

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    The IMF Chose the Right Leader the Wrong Way

    Ngaire Woods thinks the Fund’s process for selecting its managing director is woefully out of step with today’s world.
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    Trump Is Putin’s Only Hope Now

    Carl Bildt considers the implications of Ukraine finally receiving the Western military aid it has been waiting for.
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    How to Rebuild Trust in Public Institutions

    Eleanor Carter & Carolyn J. Heinrich highlight the value of face-to-face interactions at a time when governments are phasing out in-person services.
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    Is Trump Above the Law?

    Nancy Isenberg

    Contrary to what former US President Donald Trump would have the American public believe, no president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. To suggest otherwise is to reject a bedrock principle of American democracy: the president is not a monarch.

    explains why the US Supreme Court must reject the former president's claim to immunity from prosecution.

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