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Alfred Stepan

Alfred Stepan

Writing for PS since 2004
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Alfred Stepan is Professor of Government at Columbia University.

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    Is Growth Passé?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Some suggest that the Paris climate agreement’s target for limiting global warming can be achieved only by stopping economic expansion. But there is ample room to change the quality of growth and significantly reduce its environmental impact without condemning billions of people to lives of deprivation.

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    The Policy Debate Europe Needs

    Barry Eichengreen

    How can the eurozone get the fiscal stimulus it needs, and which European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is urging, in the face of the refusal by some countries, starting with Germany, to run budget deficits? There is a good answer, but it doesn't involve attempting to cicumvent the intent of the ECB's statute.

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