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Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy
Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy
Orville Schell interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad. -
Let the Banks Burn
Let the Banks Burn
Yanis Varoufakis shows why the current private system is unfixable – and why we don’t need to tolerate it anymore. -
Artificial Idiocy
Artificial Idiocy
Slavoj Žižek fears that the rise of powerful chatbots will spell the death of irony and nuance in human thought. -
How China Benefits from Another US Banking Crisis
How China Benefits from Another US Banking Crisis
Stephen S. Roach thinks America’s latest financial trouble will reinforce a narrative of terminal national decline. -
The Other Conflict on Europe’s Doorstep
The Other Conflict on Europe’s Doorstep
Anders Fogh Rasmussen warns that Azerbaijan may be preparing to renew its military aggression against neighboring Armenia. -
The Simplest Fix for Banking
The Simplest Fix for Banking
Jan Eeckhout explains how central bank digital currencies would end bank runs and banks' excessive risk-taking. -
America’s Interest in Ending the Ukraine Crisis
America’s Interest in Ending the Ukraine Crisis
Brahma Chellaney explains why prolonging the conflict risks realizing the West’s worst geopolitical nightmare. -
Localizing Development Research
Localizing Development Research
Julia Kaufman & Jane Wanjiku Mariara explain why funders should be providing more long-term resources to researchers in developing countries. -
Flipping the Environmental Narrative
Flipping the Environmental Narrative
Christiana Figueres explains the importance of bringing the right perspective to bear on recent progress and outstanding challenges. -
PS Events: What Economics is Missing
PS Events: What Economics is Missing
Our latest event, What Economics is Missing, is now live.
Click the link below for opening remarks from Dani Rodrik, followed by a discussion among Ashwini Deshpande, Raquel Fernández, Minouche Shafik, and Vera Songwe on how to achieve inclusivity in economics.
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The Other Conflict on Europe’s Doorstep
The Other Conflict on Europe’s Doorstep
Mar 24, 2023 Anders Fogh Rasmussen warns that Azerbaijan may be preparing to renew its military aggression against neighboring Armenia.
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Let the Banks Burn
Let the Banks Burn
Mar 24, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis shows why the current private system is unfixable – and why we don’t need to tolerate it anymore.
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How China Benefits from Another US Banking Crisis
How China Benefits from Another US Banking Crisis
Mar 24, 2023 Stephen S. Roach thinks America’s latest financial trouble will reinforce a narrative of terminal national decline.
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Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy
Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy
Mar 24, 2023 Orville Schell interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad.
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Artificial Idiocy
Artificial Idiocy
Mar 23, 2023 Slavoj Žižek fears that the rise of powerful chatbots will spell the death of irony and nuance in human thought.
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Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy
Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy
Orville Schell interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad. -
Richard Haass on Russia, Taiwan, and US democracy
Richard Haass on Russia, Taiwan, and US democracy
Richard Haass explains what caused the Ukraine war, urges the West to scrutinize its economic dependence on China, proposes ways to reverse the dangerous deterioration of democracy in America, and more. -
Revisiting America’s War of Choice in Iraq
Revisiting America’s War of Choice in Iraq
Richard Haass considers the enduring lessons from a foreign intervention that was both ill-conceived and poorly executed. -
PS Commentators Respond: Is a New Financial Crisis Underway?
PS Commentators Respond: Is a New Financial Crisis Underway?
Featured in this Big Question
Harold James, Simon Johnson, Stephen S. Roach, Kenneth Rogoff, Anne C. SibertThe US government’s pledge to do “whatever is needed” to protect the banking system after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse last week did little to reassure markets, which have continued to slide. At a time when the US Federal Reserve is considering further interest-rate hikes to tame inflation, we asked PS commentators how bad things are likely to get, for the US and the world.
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The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending
James Livingston surveys the intellectual terrain created by the transition from capitalism as we have come to know it. -
PS Commentators Respond: Can the US Rein in Big Tech?
PS Commentators Respond: Can the US Rein in Big Tech?
Featured in this Big Question
Anu Bradford, Tim O'Reilly, Ilan Strauss, Mariana Mazzucato, Tommaso VallettiWhile the European Union has gradually tightened the screws on tech giants, America’s regulatory bark has so far been bigger than its bite. With Big Tech’s competition-crushing market power continuing to grow, we asked PS commentators why the US continues to lag, and what it would take to make real progress.

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