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Will the IMF Survive to 100?
Will the IMF Survive to 100?
Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade propose incremental changes to keep developing and emerging economies on board and engaged. -
European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past
European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past
Friedrich Merz laments that nostalgia for US leadership unites a continent that must define the decisive action needed now. -
Saving Democracy from Itself
Saving Democracy from Itself
Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay. -
What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development
What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development
Charles Ferguson points out that the decoupling of economic activity from geographic location has only just begun. -
Reform or Irrelevance for the IMF?
Reform or Irrelevance for the IMF?
Raghuram G. Rajan explains how the world’s financial backstop must change if it is to remain effective. -
First Trump Came for the Immigrants
First Trump Came for the Immigrants
Nina L. Khrushcheva warns that mass deportations will carry high costs, not just for the economy, but for America’s soul. -
The US Election and the Crisis of Whiteness
The US Election and the Crisis of Whiteness
Edoardo Campanella sees long-term demographic trends driving the country’s increasingly divisive politics. -
The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis
The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis
Hailemariam Desalegn urges governments to recognize that the degradation of ecosystems poses a major threat to global stability. -
Unlocking AI-Powered Learning
Unlocking AI-Powered Learning
Justina Nixon-Saintil foresees the technology enhancing student learning and creating new pathways to rewarding careers. -
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What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development
What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development
Oct 25, 2024 Charles Ferguson points out that the decoupling of economic activity from geographic location has only just begun.
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Saving Democracy from Itself
Saving Democracy from Itself
Oct 25, 2024 Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay.
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First Trump Came for the Immigrants
First Trump Came for the Immigrants
Oct 25, 2024 Nina L. Khrushcheva warns that mass deportations will carry high costs, not just for the economy, but for America’s soul.
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Will the IMF Survive to 100?
Will the IMF Survive to 100?
Oct 25, 2024 Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade propose incremental changes to keep developing and emerging economies on board and engaged.
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European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past
European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past
Oct 24, 2024 Friedrich Merz laments that nostalgia for US leadership unites a continent that must define the decisive action needed now.
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Will the IMF Survive to 100?
Will the IMF Survive to 100?
Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade propose incremental changes to keep developing and emerging economies on board and engaged. -
Diane Coyle on economic progress, tech monopolies, artificial intelligence, and more
Diane Coyle on economic progress, tech monopolies, artificial intelligence, and more
Diane Coyle advocates a new public philosophy that rejects viewing “government” and “market” as opposites, explains why time-use data must shape technological development, warns that policymakers are devising AI regulation in a thick conceptual fog, and more. -
Toward a Fifth World Order
Toward a Fifth World Order
Gordon Brown & Mohamed A. El-Erian explain why multilateral institutions urgently need to be reformed, and why the G20 is the right forum for it. -
The Brutes’ New Suits
The Brutes’ New Suits
James Livingston asks why so many observers now believe that institutions central to modern economies are running a con game. -
America’s Broken Constitution
America’s Broken Constitution
Nicholas Reed Langen sees the country’s politicized Supreme Court as the biggest obstacle to addressing many other problems. -
Marietje Schaake on our tech overlords, antitrust, data protection, and more
Marietje Schaake on our tech overlords, antitrust, data protection, and more
Marietje Schaake warns that Big Tech’s outsize influence threatens democracy, suggests what Western leaders can learn from Chinese technology governance, urges governments to use public procurement to influence the trajectory of digital technology, and more.
The Climate Crucible
More than just a test of humanity’s collective resolve, climate change is also a test of existing institutions, and that makes it a profound security risk. When a fully globalized, interdependent world is placed in a kiln and the heat is turned up, some systems will eventually emerge stronger, but many others will fail.
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Investments in Nature Will Decide Our Future
Investments in Nature Will Decide Our Future
Ambroise Fayolle points out that biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage jeopardize all other global development goals. -
The Promise and Peril of Water Markets
The Promise and Peril of Water Markets
Eduardo Araral shows what can go wrong when water rights become tradable, and explains what to do about it. -
The Key That Unlocks Cleantech Financing in Europe
The Key That Unlocks Cleantech Financing in Europe
Craig Douglas urges EU leaders to borrow against future Emissions Trading System revenues to finance higher investment now.