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    WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    While the World Trade Organization’s most recent ministerial conference was disappointing in some ways, a few positive outcomes demonstrated that meaningful change is possible. But a successful agenda of reforms will require more members – particularly emerging markets and developing economies – to take the lead.

    writes that meaningful change will come only when members other than the US help steer the organization.
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    Texas and the Perpetual Crisis of American Federalism

    Alison L. LaCroix

    By asserting its right to pursue an immigration policy at odds with that of the US federal government, Texas is reviving a constitutional debate that recurred throughout the early nineteenth century, culminating in the Civil War. It is an ominous reminder that the perpetuation of the Union can never be taken for granted.

    highlights the constitutional threat posed by the state's attempt to impose its own immigration policy.
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    What Can Stop the Shortening of American Lives?

    Michael R. Bloomberg shows how a loss of public trust in public-health professionals is undercutting US life expectancy.
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    Who’s Afraid of Price Controls?

    Tom Krebs & Isabella M. Weber explain why Germany's economy is paying dearly for the government's failure to cap energy costs in 2022.
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    American Sinophobia

    Stephen S. Roach warns that fear has driven US policymakers to level a litany of unsubstantiated charges against China.
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    Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality

    Jane Kabubo-Mariara outlines steps policymakers can take to redistribute unpaid domestic work among households and communities.
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    Should Workers Fear AI?

    Christopher Pissarides explains why common concerns about looming technological unemployment and displacement are overblown.
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    “Women’s Economics” Goes Mainstream

    Antara Haldar shows how Nobel laureate economist Claudia Goldin's work has recentered the discipline.
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    The Indian Giant Has Arrived

    Mohamed A. El-Erian & Michael Spence consider the risks and challenges associated with the country's rapidly expanding global footprint.
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  1. WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility
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    WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility

    Mar 28, 2024 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala writes that meaningful change will come only when members other than the US help steer the organization.

  2. What Can Stop the Shortening of American Lives?
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    What Can Stop the Shortening of American Lives?

    Mar 27, 2024 Michael R. Bloomberg shows how a loss of public trust in public-health professionals is undercutting US life expectancy.

  3. American Sinophobia
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    American Sinophobia

    Mar 27, 2024 Stephen S. Roach warns that fear has driven US policymakers to level a litany of unsubstantiated charges against China.

  4. Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality
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    Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality

    Mar 27, 2024 Jane Kabubo-Mariara outlines steps policymakers can take to redistribute unpaid domestic work among households and communities.

  5. Texas and the Perpetual Crisis of American Federalism
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    Texas and the Perpetual Crisis of American Federalism

    Mar 26, 2024 Alison L. LaCroix highlights the constitutional threat posed by the state's attempt to impose its own immigration policy.

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    The Indian Giant Has Arrived

    Mohamed A. El-Erian & Michael Spence consider the risks and challenges associated with the country's rapidly expanding global footprint.
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    Angela Huyue Zhang on Chinese innovation, regulation, AI, and more

    Angela Huyue Zhang warns that China’s lax approach to regulating artificial intelligence could lead to a crisis, highlights the impact of the market’s deep-seated mistrust of the Chinese legal system, considers how Western regulatory trends influence China, and more.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.
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    Will Today’s Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?

    Xiaolan Fu considers how lower-income economies can respond to the rise of technologies unsuited to their specific needs.
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    Nina L. Khrushcheva on Navalny, Putin, Russian elections, and more

    Nina L. Khrushcheva argues that seizing Russia’s central-bank assets would harm the West’s international reputation, highlights cracks in the Russian regime, calls warnings that Vladimir Putin plans to invade NATO irresponsible, and more.
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    Making Bretton Woods Work for Africa

    Hippolyte Fofack envisions a reformed global financial architecture that provides equal access to long-term patient capital.

“It is better to ask forgiveness than permission” has been the mantra of the digital revolution so far, and one should not expect that to change with artificial intelligence. For those already in a position to dominate this potentially groundbreaking sector, the opportunities are too enticing to miss.

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    China Doubles Down on Green Tech and the Energy Transition

    Stuart P.M. Mackintosh explains why the West should welcome the country’s decision to ramp up spending on clean-energy projects.
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    Big Tech Shocks Electric Utilities

    Todd G. Buchholz & Michael Mindlin explain why the sector is getting a boost from fast-growing companies that cannot afford to lose power.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.

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  3. Harold James Europe’s High Noon
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  1. Stuart P.M. Mackintosh China Doubles Down on Green Tech and the Energy Transition
  2. Todd G. Buchholz, et al. Big Tech Shocks Electric Utilities
  3. Connie Hedegaard Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset
  4. Omar Andrés Camacho, et al. Climate Leadership from the Global South

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  3. Marietje Schaake, et al. Making Emerging Technologies Safe for Democracy
  4. Mariana Mazzucato, et al. The Algorithm and Its Discontents

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

  1. Jane Kabubo-Mariara Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality
  2. David Miliband Sudan’s Descent into Violence Must Not Be Ignored
  3. Gordon Brown For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

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

  1. Natalie Dunleavy Campbell, et al. The US Is Jeopardizing the Open Internet
  2. Mark Esposito, et al. The Threat of Persuasive AI
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As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, PS commentators assess its implications for the economy, propose policy responses, and consider what might – and sho…

  1. Mariana Mazzucato How to Save the Pandemic Treaty
  2. Helen Clark, et al. Delivering the Pandemic Accord the World Needs
  3. Gordon Brown Empowering the Pandemic Accord