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Economics
Escaping the New Normal of Weak Growth
Michael Spence

Economics
Escaping the New Normal of Weak Growth

Michael Spence SEP 30, 2016 0

Michael Spence says that it's time for politicians to use fiscal policy to relieve the burden on central bankers.
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Eight years after the crisis erupted, what the global economy is experiencing is starting to look less like a slow recovery than like a new low-growth equilibrium. With monetary policy unable to stimulate demand, or even inflation, it's time for fiscal authorities to relieve the burden on central banks. READ MORE
Politics
Saving Europe By Reversing Brexit
Anatole Kaletsky

Politics
Saving Europe By Reversing Brexit

Anatole Kaletsky SEP 29, 2016 6

Anatole Kaletsky explains why the EU's survival depends on nurturing UK voters' second thoughts.
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“Never let a crisis go to waste” has always been a guiding principle of the EU. But today, it is the EU, facing five crises simultaneously, that could be laid to waste, with Brexit detonating the demolition. READ MORE
World Affairs
Managing a Multipolar Europe
Mark Leonard

World Affairs
Managing a Multipolar Europe

Mark Leonard SEP 29, 2016 5

Mark Leonard says that the EU must adjust to being only one of several European projects.
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When the Cold War ended, the EU and NATO were at the center of an expanding unipolar order that, it was assumed, would establish the conditions for European security. In fact, that was far from guaranteed, as the existential challenge to the European order posed by the refugee crisis and the Syrian conflict shows. READ MORE
Politics
Israel’s Last Founding Father
Itamar Rabinovich

Politics
Israel’s Last Founding Father

Itamar Rabinovich SEP 28, 2016 0

Itamar Rabinovich traces the dramatic sweep of Shimon Peres's nearly 70-year political career.
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During his nearly seven-decade career, Shimon Peres reached lofty heights and suffered humiliating failures. A security hawk who became an ardent peacemaker, he maintained a love-hate relationship with an Israeli public that declined to elect him Prime Minister but admired him when he neither held nor sought real power. READ MORE
World Affairs
No Appeasement for North Korea
Christopher R. Hill

World Affairs
No Appeasement for North Korea

Christopher R. Hill SEP 29, 2016 1

Christopher R. Hill recommends a stern international response to the regime's recent nuclear tests.
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If the Kim regime really wants an opportunity to join the international community, it has everything it needs, written, agreed, and ready to be implemented. If, however, it wants to continue its march toward nuclearization, it should know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that it will remain a pariah. READ MORE

Economics

World Affairs

World AffairsSEP 21, 2016 0

Stopping the War on Children

Kevin Watkins laments that international law to protect the most vulnerable has become all bark and no bite.

Politics

PoliticsSEP 28, 2016 11

Confronting the Populists

Chris Patten worries that mainstream politicians are too complacent to take on anti-establishment challengers.

PoliticsSEP 27, 2016 0

Saving Italy From Itself

Paola Subacchi explains why Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is facing the prospect of an early exit from office.

Innovation & Technology

Innovation & TechnologySEP 19, 2016 24

Globalization for Everyone

Hernando de Soto proposes an entirely new approach to ensuring that the benefits of interconnectedness are shared.

Innovation & TechnologySEP 13, 2016 17

On the Cusp of an AI Revolution

Marc Benioff says exponential growth in machine-learning applications will redefine work and consumption.

Education

EducationSEP 29, 2016 1

Markets and School Quality

Andrés Velasco urges governments to combine the virtues of public and private education, not choose between them.

EducationSEP 21, 2016 0

Creating a Learning Generation

Felipe Calderón emphasizes the importance of closing the education gaps among countries.

Escaping the New Normal of Weak Growth

Saving Europe By Reversing Brexit

Managing a Multipolar Europe

Israel’s Last Founding Father

No Appeasement for North Korea

The Debt Dilemma

Whither Turkey?

Carnegie Europe’s Sinan Ülgen engages the views of Carl Bildt, Dani Rodrik, Marietje Schaake, and other Project Syndicate contributors on the future of one of the world’s most strategically important countries in the aftermath of July’s failed coup.

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