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Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality
Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality
Slavoj Žižek sees problems with efforts to treat hatred toward Jews separately from other forms of bigotry. -
How the Far Left Paves the Way for the Far Right
How the Far Left Paves the Way for the Far Right
Andrés Velasco blames Chilean President Gabriel Boric's coalition for the rapid rise of far right populist José Antonio Kast. -
How Much Work Is Enough?
How Much Work Is Enough?
Anne-Marie Slaughter & Autumn McDonald explain how the pandemic raised new questions – and some very old ones – for employers and employees. -
Not Buying Central Banks’ Favorite Excuse
Not Buying Central Banks’ Favorite Excuse
Raghuram G. Rajan shows why monetary policymakers must bear some of the blame for the latest banking-sector turmoil. -
Creeping Toward Dystopia
Creeping Toward Dystopia
Robert Skidelsky worries that even elected governments will appropriate emerging technologies in the name of national security. -
China’s Youth Unemployment Problem
China’s Youth Unemployment Problem
Nancy Qian warns that diminishing opportunities for new graduates will have profound long-run macroeconomic implications. -
Saved by the Pandemic?
Saved by the Pandemic?
Scott Fulford explains why its successful COVID-19 stimulus could help the US forge a path to financial stability for all. -
The Climate Loss and Damage Fund Is Coming
The Climate Loss and Damage Fund Is Coming
Sameh Shoukry assesses recent efforts to implement a crucial initiative agreed at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference. -
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. -
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Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality
Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality
May 29, 2023 Slavoj Žižek sees problems with efforts to treat hatred toward Jews separately from other forms of bigotry.
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Not Buying Central Banks’ Favorite Excuse
Not Buying Central Banks’ Favorite Excuse
May 26, 2023 Raghuram G. Rajan shows why monetary policymakers must bear some of the blame for the latest banking-sector turmoil.
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The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination
The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination
May 26, 2023 Nicholas Reed Langen considers the complicated legacy of a progressive jurist whom conservatives now champion.
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How Much Work Is Enough?
How Much Work Is Enough?
May 25, 2023 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Autumn McDonald explain how the pandemic raised new questions – and some very old ones – for employers and employees.
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How the Far Left Paves the Way for the Far Right
How the Far Left Paves the Way for the Far Right
May 25, 2023 Andrés Velasco blames Chilean President Gabriel Boric's coalition for the rapid rise of far right populist José Antonio Kast.
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The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination
The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination
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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. -
How Russia Survives
How Russia Survives
Federico Fubini & Alexandra Prokopenko explain why the world's toughest-ever sanctions regime must be sharpened – and suggest how to do it.

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