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Who’s Afraid of Fiscal Policy? Who’s Afraid of Fiscal Policy?
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- Robert Skidelsky ,
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Within two years of the 2008 global financial crisis, governments turned over the task of spurring economic recovery to central banks. After a decade of fragile, middling growth, is it finally time for fiscal policy to bear more of the burden?
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Why Bernie? Why Bernie?
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Africa Isn’t Ready for Currency Unions Africa Isn’t Ready for Currency Unions
Feb 24, 2020 argues that the current CFA franc currency union has failed and that a new monetary strategy is necessary.
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What’s at Stake in Libya? What’s at Stake in Libya?
Feb 21, 2020 regards the country's civil war as a crucial theater for broader ideological and geopolitical struggles.
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Has Australia’s Luck Run Out? Has Australia’s Luck Run Out?
Feb 21, 2020 sees the country as a canary in a coal mine in confronting climate change and a rising China.
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Who’s Afraid of Fiscal Policy?
- Kaushik Basu ,
- Elmira Bayrasli ,
- Olivier Blanchard ,
- Stephanie Kelton ,
- Kenneth Rogoff ,
- Robert Skidelsky ,
- John B. Taylor
Within two years of the 2008 global financial crisis, governments turned over the task of spurring economic recovery to central banks. After a decade of fragile, middling growth, is it finally time for fiscal policy to bear more of the burden?
Europe’s Moment of Truth
- Carl Bildt,
- Josep Borrell,
- Joschka Fischer,
- Sigmar Gabriel,
- Michael Hüther,
- Dambisa Moyo,
- Ana Palacio,
- George Soros
Having long failed to realize its geopolitical potential, the European Union now intends to play a more assertive global role. But in which areas should it try to step up?
The Plight of the Palestinians
US President Donald Trump’s administration has put forward a new Middle East peace plan that it claims will end decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But many believe that the “deal of the century” is dead on arrival.
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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.
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Relieving Libya’s Agony
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Reform or Revolution
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Health & Development
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Violence Against Women Is Blocking Development
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Adapting to a Fast-Forward World
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The Case for Global Health Diplomacy
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Europe Must Act Against US-Backed “Crisis Pregnancy Centers”
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Sustainability Now
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Has Australia’s Luck Run Out?
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The Rich World Must Take Responsibility for Its Carbon Footprint
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Fossil-Fuel Exporters Must Rethink Monetary Policy
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Landing a Blow Against Climate Change
Feb 14, 2020
Innovation & Technology
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The Biometric Threat
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Realizing the Potential of AI Localism
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Escaping the Global Complexity Trap
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The Power of AI in Emerging Markets
Jan 28, 2020
Culture & Society
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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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Orphanage Tourism Endangers Children
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In Defense of Cosmopolitanism
Jan 31, 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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A World Without AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
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Pay-As-You-Go for African Development
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Why African Cultural Restitution Matters
Dec 3, 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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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