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Witnessing Wuhan Witnessing Wuhan
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A Greater Depression? A Greater Depression?
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Capitalism’s Triple Crisis Capitalism’s Triple Crisis
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Internationalizing the Crisis Internationalizing the Crisis
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The Two Dark Sides of COVID-19 The Two Dark Sides of COVID-19
& call for a worldwide ban on “wet markets,” where animal viruses can mutate quickly and leap to humans.
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Mobilizing Development Banks to Fight COVID-19 Mobilizing Development Banks to Fight COVID-19
Apr 8, 2020 , et al. argue that the world's often-overlooked financial institutions can spur economic recovery from the pandemic.
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Lessons from Crises Past Lessons from Crises Past
Apr 8, 2020 , et al. urge policymakers confronting the COVID-19 pandemic to keep markets functioning and private incentives strong.
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The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19 The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19
Apr 8, 2020 says governments must focus on overcoming the production and consumption imbalances caused by the pandemic.
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The East-West Divide in COVID-19 Control The East-West Divide in COVID-19 Control
Apr 8, 2020 sees three reasons why China and its neighbors have contained the outbreak, while the US and Europe have not.
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A Greater Depression? A Greater Depression?
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A Made-in-China Pandemic A Made-in-China Pandemic
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Flattening the COVID-19 Curve in Developing Countries Flattening the COVID-19 Curve in Developing Countries
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COVID-19 by the Numbers COVID-19 by the Numbers
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Capitalism’s Triple Crisis Capitalism’s Triple Crisis
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Will Europe Lead or Lag?
- Josep Borrell ,
- Sigmar Gabriel ,
- Maciej Kisilowski ,
- Jan-Werner Mueller ,
- Lucrezia Reichlin ,
- Yanis Varoufakis ,
- Anna Wojciuk
In the absence of a strong, coordinated global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the job of leading the world out of the crisis remains vacant. Should the European Union, seeking to position itself as a diplomatic superpower between the hard powers of China and America, nominate itself for the position?
The Next Epicenters
- Roberto Chang,
- Denis Chopera,
- Jayati Ghosh,
- Martín Guzmán,
- Ricardo Hausmann,
- Célestin Monga,
- Yik-Ying Teo,
- Andrés Velasco,
- Kevin Watkins
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly overwhelmed health systems and shut down economies from China to Europe to the United States. But the virus could be even more lethal for the vulnerable developing countries of the Global South.
The Post-Pandemic World
- Kemal Derviş,
- Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg,
- Federica Mogherini,
- Raghuram G. Rajan,
- Kevin Rudd,
- Sebastián Strauss,
- Arvind Subramanian,
- Gernot Wagner
As the COVID-19 outbreak worsens, many fear that it will not only exact a terrible human and economic toll, but also that it will deepen today’s crisis of globalization and global governance. But the pandemic might yet shake up international politics for the better.
The Big Picture brings together a range of Project Syndicate commentaries not just on topics in the news, but also on the deeper issues driving the news. Readers quickly gain the insights of diverse, authoritative perspectives on critical global events and challenges.
Renewing Europe
Mar 4, 2019
To commemorate its founding 25 years ago, PS is republishing a selection of commentaries written since 1994.
In the following commentary, Emmanuel Macron called on EU citizens to focus on three goals ahead of the critical European Parliament election in May 2019.
Comments From: Chris Patten, Diane Coyle, Clemens Fuest, Stefan Gerlach, Anatole Kaletsky, Christopher Smart, Ana Palacio, Mark Leonard, Edoardo Campanella, Lucrezia Reichlin, Daniel Gros, Éloi Laurent, Jacek Rostowski, Helmut Anheier, Erik Berglöf, Carl Bildt, Gene Frieda.
Project Syndicate celebrates its 25th anniversary with PS 25, a collection of our hardest-hitting commentaries so far.
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Lessons from Crises Past
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The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19
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Where Women Stand
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COVID-19 Will Not Reduce Global Reliance on China
Apr 7, 2020
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At War With a Virus
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America’s Gun Virus
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India Besieged
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Will COVID-19 Remake the World?
Apr 6, 2020
Health & Development
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The East-West Divide in COVID-19 Control
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Now or Never for Global Leadership on COVID-19
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A Letter to G20 Governments
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The Case for Mandatory Face Masks
Apr 6, 2020
Sustainability Now
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Tackling Climate Change with COVID-19 Urgency
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The World Must Not Forget Climate Change
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Will China’s Wildlife-Consumption Ban Work?
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A Green Reboot After the Pandemic
Mar 24, 2020 , et al.
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A Silent Hero of the Coronavirus Crisis
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Technology for All
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It’s Now or Never for National Data Strategies
Feb 26, 2020
Culture & Society
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When Will the Pandemic Cure Be Worse Than the Disease?
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What Trump Needs To Say
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Pandemics and Progress
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How to Design a Lockdown
Apr 2, 2020
The African Century
Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W… read more
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Africa’s Litigated Democracy
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A World Without AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
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Pay-As-You-Go for African Development
Dec 12, 2019
Press Released
Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility by US President Donald Trump, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey, a… read more
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China’s Great Leap into Epidemic
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The New Wave of Middle-East Media Repression
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The Demonization of Journalists Must End
Jan 9, 2020
Trump, Trade, and China
The biggest cloud hanging over the world economy is the incipient trade war with China launched by US President Donald Trump. But with America’s closes… read more
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Trump’s Backward March on Trade
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Why a Cool War May Be Worse than a Cold One
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The Case for Old-Fashioned Tariff Cuts
Nov 27, 2019