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The Stablecoin Threat
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The Stablecoin Threat
Angus Armstrong & Dennis J. Snower see major risks associated with the growth of privately issued dollar-backed digital tokens. -
Can the American Right Find Its Way Back?
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Can the American Right Find Its Way Back?
Michael R. Strain hopes the Republican Party can rediscover the dignity, decorum, and seriousness that once defined it. -
The AI Bubble’s Shaky Math
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The AI Bubble’s Shaky Math
Carl Benedikt Frey thinks the productivity gains are more muted, and the macro risks more pronounced, than in the dot-com bubble. -
The Illiberal World Order Is Here
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The Illiberal World Order Is Here
Carl Bildt thinks the Trump administration has put the final nail in the coffin of the postwar world the US helped build. -
Restoring Europe’s Social Contracts
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Restoring Europe’s Social Contracts
Ana Palacio warns that the erosion of freedom, prosperity, and the rule of law is jeopardizing the European project. -
Sri Lanka’s Interest-Rate Trap
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Sri Lanka’s Interest-Rate Trap
Arjun Jayadev, et al. urge the central bank to ease monetary policy as soon as possible, while keeping an eye on capital flight. -
Building Bridges in a Divided World
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Building Bridges in a Divided World
Nadia Calviño shows how Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean are bucking the trend toward zero-sum economic policies. -
The G20 Can No Longer Postpone Debt Relief
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The G20 Can No Longer Postpone Debt Relief
Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe urges members to devise a framework that would reduce Africa’s liabilities and enable its green transition. -
Free Trade Can’t Bring Peace
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Free Trade Can’t Bring Peace
Benn Steil shows that globalization always depended on global security, not the other way around. -
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Restoring Europe’s Social Contracts
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Restoring Europe’s Social Contracts
Nov 18, 2025 Ana Palacio warns that the erosion of freedom, prosperity, and the rule of law is jeopardizing the European project.
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Sri Lanka’s Interest-Rate Trap
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Sri Lanka’s Interest-Rate Trap
Nov 18, 2025 Arjun Jayadev, et al. urge the central bank to ease monetary policy as soon as possible, while keeping an eye on capital flight.
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The Illiberal World Order Is Here
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The Illiberal World Order Is Here
Nov 18, 2025 Carl Bildt thinks the Trump administration has put the final nail in the coffin of the postwar world the US helped build.
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The G20 Can No Longer Postpone Debt Relief
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The G20 Can No Longer Postpone Debt Relief
Nov 18, 2025 Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe urges members to devise a framework that would reduce Africa’s liabilities and enable its green transition.
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The AI Bubble’s Shaky Math
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The AI Bubble’s Shaky Math
Nov 18, 2025 Carl Benedikt Frey thinks the productivity gains are more muted, and the macro risks more pronounced, than in the dot-com bubble.
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Free Trade Can’t Bring Peace
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Free Trade Can’t Bring Peace
Benn Steil shows that globalization always depended on global security, not the other way around. -
In Search of the AI Bubble’s Economic Fundamentals
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In Search of the AI Bubble’s Economic Fundamentals
William H. Janeway explains why the sector might be better off if the reckoning comes sooner rather than after leverage piles up. -
Will AI Kill the Firm?
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Will AI Kill the Firm?
Sami Mahroum shows why an organizational entity fit for the industrial age now faces a surplus of creativity and initiative. -
The German Economic Miracle, Then and Now
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The German Economic Miracle, Then and Now
Barry Eichengreen reviews two new histories of the country's postwar Wirtschaftswunder as its economic model appears to be reaching its end. -
Democracy and the Case for Protecting Livelihoods
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Democracy and the Case for Protecting Livelihoods
Mordecai Kurz proposes a comprehensive policy intervention to address the political fallout from technological unemployment. -
The Prisoner of Memory
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The Prisoner of Memory
Michael Ignatieff reflects on the quiet power of endurance in a world where obedience often feels safer than autonomy.
What Works?
While it is reasonable to ask why progress toward so many development targets has stalled and who is to blame, a more fruitful question is how to get the agenda back on track. We need only open our eyes to find reformers, innovators, activists, and others who are keeping the promise of sustainable development alive.
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Sustainability Now
Sustainability Now brings together leading voices in all of the domains involved in combating climate change, each addressing specific facets of the challenge.
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Climate and Development Finance Must Be Integrated
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Climate and Development Finance Must Be Integrated
Mahmoud Mohieldin explains how COP30 can begin addressing the shortcomings of today’s fragmented, underperforming arrangements. -
How to Measure Climate Progress
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How to Measure Climate Progress
Gernot Wagner thinks tackling the problem is justified on social and economic grounds, not existential ones. -
The Key to Unlocking Private Climate Finance
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The Key to Unlocking Private Climate Finance
Lynn Forester de Rothschild urges international policymakers to ensure that the net-zero transition benefits workers and communities.