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    Shock-Proofing the UK Economy

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    No country wants external developments to drive up its borrowing costs and weaken its currency, which is what the UK is facing today, together with serious cyclical and structural challenges. But if the British government responds appropriately, recent market volatility might turn out to have a silver lining.

     urges the government to communicate better what it is doing to boost resilient growth – and to do more.
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    Trump’s Greenland Grab

    Carl Bildt

    Now that Donald Trump is returning to the White House, he believes that it is an “absolute necessity” for the United States to have “ownership and control” of Greenland. But as an autonomous Danish territory where the US military already operates, Greenland has no reason to abandon its current political arrangement.

     explains why the US president-elect's threats to seize the Danish territory are so dangerous.
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    As Trump Returns, Sino-Indian Relations Are Changing

    Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains why one of America’s key allies is hedging its bets amid escalating global tensions.
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    What AI Means for Growth and Jobs

    Philippe Aghion, et al. think the technology has great potential to boost productivity without harming employment.
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    Revealing an Invisible Health Threat

    Angela Bandemehr & Albert Park tout deployment of hand-held X-ray devices to prevent lead poisoning in low- and middle-income countries.
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    Crypto’s Unholy Choir

    Andrés Velasco hears a chorus of deceivers, demagogues, dictators, and tax dodgers singing Donald Trump’s praises.
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    Putin’s War Is Fueling Russian Stagflation

    Anders Åslund thinks a weakening economy will soon become a serious constraint on Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
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    Social Media as It Should Be

    Robin Berjon explains how the Bluesky model could restore the original promise of the internet.
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    The Truth About Migration

    Ian Goldin warns that stricter border controls often exacerbate the very problems they aim to solve.
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  1. Revealing an Invisible Health Threat
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    Revealing an Invisible Health Threat

    Jan 15, 2025 Angela Bandemehr & Albert Park tout deployment of hand-held X-ray devices to prevent lead poisoning in low- and middle-income countries.

  2. Putin’s War Is Fueling Russian Stagflation
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    Putin’s War Is Fueling Russian Stagflation

    Jan 14, 2025 Anders Åslund thinks a weakening economy will soon become a serious constraint on Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

  3. What AI Means for Growth and Jobs
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    What AI Means for Growth and Jobs

    Jan 14, 2025 Philippe Aghion, et al. think the technology has great potential to boost productivity without harming employment.

  4. Shock-Proofing the UK Economy
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    Shock-Proofing the UK Economy

    Jan 14, 2025 Mohamed A. El-Erian urges the government to communicate better what it is doing to boost resilient growth – and to do more.

  5. As Trump Returns, Sino-Indian Relations Are Changing
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    As Trump Returns, Sino-Indian Relations Are Changing

    Jan 14, 2025 Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains why one of America’s key allies is hedging its bets amid escalating global tensions.

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    Ricardo Hausmann on immigration, climate finance, economic complexity, and more

    Ricardo Hausmann urges the US to issue more H1-B visas, argues that Europe must become a military superpower in its own right, applies the “growth diagnostics” framework to Venezuela, and more.
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    The Truth About Migration

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    Our AI Near-Future

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    PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2025

    PS editors asked PS contributors to identify the national and global trends to look out for in the coming year.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

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    Angela Merkel’s World of Yesterday

    Helmut K. Anheier highlights how and why the former German chancellor’s legacy has soured in the three years since she left power.

The world’s diplomatic, political, and economic divisions continue to harden – both between countries and within them. Whereas 2022 and 2023 featured a war of attrition in Ukraine, we have since entered a broader world of attrition, with zero-sum conflicts multiplying across the board.

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    What Climate Justice Means for Latin America and the Caribbean

    Thiago Barral & Woochong Um urge policymakers to work with key stakeholders to accelerate the uptake of renewables.
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    Ban Solar Geoengineering

    Mohammed Usrof, et al. predict that the controversial technology will foist upon young people yet another crisis they did not create.
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  1. Hippolyte Fofack Trump Can’t Stop De-Dollarization
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