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Alex Pentland

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Alex Pentland is Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, at MIT Media Lab. He is the author of Social Physics: Lessons from a New Science.

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Living Big Data

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May 27, 2014 Alex Pentland imagines communities guided by rich streams of real-time information.

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The US Will Lose Its Trade War with China

Sep 21, 2018 Anatole Kaletsky thinks America's strength can be turned against it, simply by stimulating Chinese domestic demand.

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The Evolution of Globalization

Sep 21, 2018 Erik Berglöf reviews a wide-ranging selection of books on global governance, trade, and inequality.

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Governments Must Stand Up for Health

Sep 21, 2018 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls on world leaders to redouble their efforts to tackle tuberculosis and noncommunicable diseases.

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Israel Chooses Identity Over Democracy

Sep 21, 2018 Shlomo Ben-Ami fears that the motivations behind the recent nation-state law are even more insidious than they seem.

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Fresh Momentum for the Balkans

Sep 20, 2018 Javier Solana thinks the Greco-Macedonian Prespa Agreement could herald a new era of progress for the region.

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The Left Will Decide Poland’s Future

Sep 20, 2018 Sławomir Sierakowski wonders if a rising political star could finally unite the country's opposition parties.

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Japan’s Successful Economic Model

Sep 20, 2018 Adair Turner argues that the country's prospects are nowhere near as grim as many believe.

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Good Politics, Bad Economics

Sep 20, 2018 Robert Skidelsky argues that liberalism must be decoupled from market fundamentalism if it is to regain credibility.

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