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Can Spain Show European Leadership?
Can Spain Show European Leadership?
Ana Palacio worries that a snap election will undermine the effectiveness of the country’s Council of the EU presidency. -
The Fight Over EU Fiscal Reform
The Fight Over EU Fiscal Reform
Lucrezia Reichlin shows why the European Commission’s latest proposal, in contrast to its predecessor, solves nothing. -
The Modi Decade
The Modi Decade
Shashi Tharoor assesses the sources of the Indian government's popularity, despite its mixed record over the last nine years. -
Can America Escape Its Second Gilded Age?
Can America Escape Its Second Gilded Age?
J. Bradford DeLong recalls how the country overcame a previous era of extreme income and wealth inequality. -
Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics
Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics
Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions. -
New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions
New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions
Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left. -
Governments Must Meet Their Biodiversity Pledges
Governments Must Meet Their Biodiversity Pledges
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf implores wealthy donor countries to deliver on the promises they made at COP15 to protect natural capital. -
Globalization’s Warring Narratives
Globalization’s Warring Narratives
Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon. -
The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative
The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative
Piroska Nagy Mohácsi thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control. -
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Can America Escape Its Second Gilded Age?
Can America Escape Its Second Gilded Age?
Jun 5, 2023 J. Bradford DeLong recalls how the country overcame a previous era of extreme income and wealth inequality.
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Can Spain Show European Leadership?
Can Spain Show European Leadership?
Jun 5, 2023 Ana Palacio worries that a snap election will undermine the effectiveness of the country’s Council of the EU presidency.
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The Modi Decade
The Modi Decade
Jun 5, 2023 Shashi Tharoor assesses the sources of the Indian government's popularity, despite its mixed record over the last nine years.
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The Fight Over EU Fiscal Reform
The Fight Over EU Fiscal Reform
Jun 5, 2023 Lucrezia Reichlin shows why the European Commission’s latest proposal, in contrast to its predecessor, solves nothing.
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Governments Must Meet Their Biodiversity Pledges
Governments Must Meet Their Biodiversity Pledges
Jun 5, 2023 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf implores wealthy donor countries to deliver on the promises they made at COP15 to protect natural capital.
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The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative
The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative
Piroska Nagy Mohácsi thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control. -
The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination
The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination
Nicholas Reed Langen considers the complicated legacy of a progressive jurist whom conservatives now champion. -
Keyu Jin on Chinese regulation, innovation, finance, and more
Keyu Jin on Chinese regulation, innovation, finance, and more
Keyu Jin laments the loss of private-sector confidence in China, shows why the country could take the lead in cutting-edge technologies, addresses misconceptions about its economic model, and more. -
The Quad’s Big Moment
The Quad’s Big Moment
Richard Maude, et al. examine the emerging Indo-Pacific coalition from the perspective of each of its members – and its main rival. -
India’s Law-of-the-Jungle Raj
India’s Law-of-the-Jungle Raj
Ashoka Mody considers what the life and death of criminal-politician Atiq Ahmed reveals about the country. -
Simon Johnson on stablecoins, artificial intelligence, inequality, and more
Simon Johnson on stablecoins, artificial intelligence, inequality, and more
Simon Johnson explains why a moratorium on advanced-AI development would do little good, pours cold water on the prevailing techno-optimist narrative, makes the case for scrapping payroll taxes, and more.

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