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  1. Global Coal Hypocrisy

    Global Coal Hypocrisy

    Dec 3, 2021 Shashi Tharoor rejects the widespread criticism of India following the recent COP26 climate-change conference.

  2. Dethroning King Coal

    Dethroning King Coal

    Aug 6, 2013 Peter Singer on why the world needs to move away from coal.

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  4. Coal and Corruption

    Coal and Corruption

    Oct 16, 2014 Marina Lou shines a light on the coal industry's corrupting influence.

  5. King Coal’s Pyrrhic Victory

    King Coal’s Pyrrhic Victory

    Aug 4, 2010 Daniel Gros

  6. King Coal’s Climate Challenge

    King Coal’s Climate Challenge

    Nov 19, 2013 Andrew Steer provides a reality check on the climate-change implications of continued reliance on coal power.

  7. Chinese Coal Cuts

    Chinese Coal Cuts

    Apr 2, 2015 Mark L. Clifford praises the country's progress toward reducing carbon-dioxide emissions.

  8. King Coal’s Climate Policy

    King Coal’s Climate Policy

    Oct 20, 2009 Jeffrey D. Sachs

  9. Is SVB the Canary in the Coal Mine?

    Is SVB the Canary in the Coal Mine?

    Mar 14, 2023 Xavier Vives warns that the bank's sudden collapse points to a larger looming threat to financial stability.

  10. Africa Must Choose Renewables Over Coal

    Africa Must Choose Renewables Over Coal

    Feb 10, 2020 Carlos Lopes makes an economic case for speeding up the continent’s transition to a low-carbon economy.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
  8. moyo29_Carl CourtGetty Images_FTSE Carl Court/Getty Images

    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
  9. asadullah16_ MUNIR UZ ZAMANAFP via Getty Images_bangladesh MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty Images

    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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