PS - The World's Opinion Page
The inaugural PS Sustainability Book Award, in partnership with La Banque Postale, is now open for submissions. Have you published a book in 2022 that offers valuable contributions to the public’s understanding of issues of global concern? Submit it now.
-
The New European Frontier
The New European Frontier
Giulio Boccaletti thinks a changing climate will force the European Union finally to embrace its political nature. -
PS Commentators Respond: Could the “Chinese Century” Belong to India?
PS Commentators Respond: Could the “Chinese Century” Belong to India?
Featured in this Big Question
Pranab Bardhan, Brahma Chellaney, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Yi FuxianFrom demographics to trade to GDP growth, China is currently struggling precisely where India seems to be thriving. At a time when the global economy’s center of gravity is shifting to Asia, we asked PS commentators whether India’s rising star will soon outshine China’s.
-
How Not to Fight Inflation
How Not to Fight Inflation
Joseph E. Stiglitz sees little upside and much downside to further monetary-policy tightening by the US Federal Reserve. -
Who Is Part of the Free World?
Who Is Part of the Free World?
Anne-Marie Slaughter urges US President Joe Biden to abandon a phrase that is better left in the twentieth century. -
Why Industrial Policy Is Back
Why Industrial Policy Is Back
Ricardo Hausmann explains why economic theory has finally begun to catch up with centuries of economic practice. -
Realism About Techno-Optimism
Realism About Techno-Optimism
Gernot Wagner laments that public debate about climate solutions is long on political grandstanding and short on nuance. -
The Poverty of Anti-Capitalism
The Poverty of Anti-Capitalism
Harold James considers recent arguments against markets, globalization, and growth, finding them to be deeply flawed. -
The Silver Tsunami
The Silver Tsunami
Hippolyte Fofack highlights global demographic trends that will have profound near- and long-term economic implications. -
Secure your copy of PS Quarterly: The Year Ahead 2023
Secure your copy of PS Quarterly: The Year Ahead 2023
Our annual fourth-quarter magazine is here, and available only to Digital Plus and Premium subscribers. Subscribe to Digital Plus today, and save $15.
Latest
-
The New European Frontier
The New European Frontier
Jan 27, 2023 Giulio Boccaletti thinks a changing climate will force the European Union finally to embrace its political nature.
-
The Poverty of Anti-Capitalism
The Poverty of Anti-Capitalism
Jan 26, 2023 Harold James considers recent arguments against markets, globalization, and growth, finding them to be deeply flawed.
-
How Not to Fight Inflation
How Not to Fight Inflation
Jan 26, 2023 Joseph E. Stiglitz sees little upside and much downside to further monetary-policy tightening by the US Federal Reserve.
-
Who Is Part of the Free World?
Who Is Part of the Free World?
Jan 26, 2023 Anne-Marie Slaughter urges US President Joe Biden to abandon a phrase that is better left in the twentieth century.
-
Realism About Techno-Optimism
Realism About Techno-Optimism
Jan 26, 2023 Gernot Wagner laments that public debate about climate solutions is long on political grandstanding and short on nuance.
OnPoint Subscriber Exclusive
OnPoint is our suite of subscriber-exclusive content. Get long-read commentaries, thematic deep dives, interviews with world leaders, and much more. Learn more.
-
The New European Frontier
The New European Frontier
Giulio Boccaletti thinks a changing climate will force the European Union finally to embrace its political nature. -
PS Commentators Respond: Could the “Chinese Century” Belong to India?
PS Commentators Respond: Could the “Chinese Century” Belong to India?
Featured in this Big Question
Pranab Bardhan, Brahma Chellaney, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Yi FuxianFrom demographics to trade to GDP growth, China is currently struggling precisely where India seems to be thriving. At a time when the global economy’s center of gravity is shifting to Asia, we asked PS commentators whether India’s rising star will soon outshine China’s.
-
Shashi Tharoor on India-Russia relations, the Quad, Ambedkar, and more
Shashi Tharoor on India-Russia relations, the Quad, Ambedkar, and more
Shashi Tharoor assesses prevailing Indian perceptions of the Ukraine War, criticizes India’s continued wariness of security pacts, touts affirmative-action programs that guarantee outcomes, not just access to opportunities, and more. -
What Drives Innovation?
What Drives Innovation?
William H. Janeway shows that since the dawn of industrialization, the state has been the prime mover behind technological progress. -
A Global Debt Explosion?
A Global Debt Explosion?
Featured in this Big Picture
Nouriel Roubini, Kenneth Rogoff, José Antonio Ocampo, Anne O. Krueger, Dani Rodrik, Reza Baqir, Ishac DiwanThe world is buckling under the weight of its debts. With interest rates – and thus debt-servicing costs – set to continue to rise, and global growth unlikely to pick up any time soon, the risk of crisis is mounting in developed and developing economies alike.
-
The Microchips Are Down
The Microchips Are Down
Edoardo Campanella recounts how semiconductors became both economically and geopolitically central to today's world.

Where else…
can you read new insights from renowned economists, world leaders, and distinguished thinkers every day?
Year Ahead 2023
The year 2022 was one of grim and grisly returns: the return of major war – and nuclear brinkmanship – to Europe; the return of high inflation and the threat of stagflation globally; and the return of famine, dire poverty, and other problems against which the developing world had been making steady progress. With all these developments poised to continue, the question now is whether solutions will be found to counter the forces of discord and disintegration.
- Nina L. Khrushcheva War and Populism
- Joseph E. Stiglitz The Road to Fascism
- Beata Javorcik The Fog of Waronomics
- Yuriko Koike The Ukraine War and Asian Security

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.
-
An Annual Check-Up for the Climate Movement
An Annual Check-Up for the Climate Movement
May Boeve assesses patient Earth after a year of energy crises, natural disasters, and landmark global summits. -
The Fuel of the Future
Free to read
The Fuel of the Future
Jörg Haas thinks that changing the way gas is produced is crucial to achieving net-zero emissions. -
What Does the World Need to Achieve Sustainable, Inclusive Growth?
What Does the World Need to Achieve Sustainable, Inclusive Growth?
Sven Smit, et al. propose measures to build an inclusive economy through greater productivity and innovation.