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    Will the IMF Survive to 100?

    Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade

    The World Trade Organization's precipitous decline into irrelevance should serve as a warning to the International Monetary Fund's shareholder governments, its management, and everyone who values multilateral economic cooperation. In a rapidly changing world, global institutions must reform or die.

    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

    Friedrich Merz

    The old Europe of the Cold War sought comfort in the past and confidence in the solitary US leadership that defined the era. Unfortunately, when it comes to its own security, Europe seemingly remains in a time warp, stuck somewhere before 1989.

    laments that nostalgia for US leadership unites a continent that must define the decisive action needed now.
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    Saving Democracy from Itself

    Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay.
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    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.
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    Reform or Irrelevance for the IMF?

    Raghuram G. Rajan explains how the world’s financial backstop must change if it is to remain effective.
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    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.
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    The US Election and the Crisis of Whiteness

    Edoardo Campanella sees long-term demographic trends driving the country’s increasingly divisive politics.
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    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.
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    Unlocking AI-Powered Learning

    Justina Nixon-Saintil foresees the technology enhancing student learning and creating new pathways to rewarding careers.
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  1. What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development
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    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.

  2. Saving Democracy from Itself
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    Saving Democracy from Itself

    Oct 25, 2024 Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay.

  3. First Trump Came for the Immigrants
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    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.

  4. Will the IMF Survive to 100?
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    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.

  5. European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past
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    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?

    Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade

    The World Trade Organization's precipitous decline into irrelevance should serve as a warning to the International Monetary Fund's shareholder governments, its management, and everyone who values multilateral economic cooperation. In a rapidly changing world, global institutions must reform or die.

    propose incremental changes to keep developing and emerging economies on board and engaged.
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    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.
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    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.
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    The Brutes’ New Suits

    James Livingston asks why so many observers now believe that institutions central to modern economies are running a con game.
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    America’s Broken Constitution

    Nicholas Reed Langen sees the country’s politicized Supreme Court as the biggest obstacle to addressing many other problems.
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    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.

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    Investments in Nature Will Decide Our Future

    Ambroise Fayolle points out that biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage jeopardize all other global development goals.
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    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.
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    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.

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  1. Slavoj Žižek Saving Democracy from Itself
  2. Nina L. Khrushcheva First Trump Came for the Immigrants
  3. Friedrich Merz European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past
  4. Edoardo Campanella The US Election and the Crisis of Whiteness

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  4. Gelsomina Vigliotti, et al. Financing Food Security Will Yield High Returns

  1. Hailemariam Desalegn The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis
  2. Ajay Banga, et al. A New Paradigm for Standing Forests
  3. Ambroise Fayolle Investments in Nature Will Decide Our Future
  4. Eduardo Araral The Promise and Peril of Water Markets

  1. Lars Frølund, et al. Can Europe Really Build Its Own DARPA?
  2. Katharina Pistor Outsourcing Our Future to For-Profit AI
  3. Ian Bremmer, et al. AI Is a Rare Bright Spot for Global Governance
  4. Philippe Aghion, et al. Can Europe Create an Innovation Economy?

  1. Michael Ignatieff Ukraine’s Post-Colonial Future
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  3. Justina Nixon-Saintil Unlocking AI-Powered Learning
  4. John J. Donohue, et al. The Crisis of America’s Public Defenders

Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

  1. Kingsley Moghalu Fixing Africa’s Governance Crisis Must Come First
  2. Bogolo Kenewendo, et al. Africa’s Green Future Starts with Debt Relief
  3. Kenneth Rogoff Rethinking Foreign Funding for Africa

Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. Katrin Kivi The Case for Press Freedom Just Got Stronger
  2. Geoff Mulgan The Right to Truth
  3. Nishant Lalwani, et al. As Disinformation Thrives, Democracy Dies

As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, PS commentators assess its implications for the economy, propose policy responses, and consider what might – and sho…

  1. Gro Harlem Brundtland Recommitting to Pandemic Preparedness
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  3. Tom Achoki, et al. Preparing Now for the Next Disease X