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Andrés Velasco

Andrés Velasco

Writing for PS since 2001
146 commentaries

Andrés Velasco, a former finance minister of Chile, is Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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  1. The Submergence of Emerging Markets
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    The Submergence of Emerging Markets

    Mar 1, 2024 Andrés Velasco worries that major middle-income economies are facing a prolonged slowdown, jeopardizing global convergence.

  2. Economic Policies and Identity Politics
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    Economic Policies and Identity Politics

    Feb 1, 2024 Andrés Velasco & Daniel Brieba outline a strategy for reform that could weaken the appeal of nativist populism.

  3. We Are All Argentines
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    We Are All Argentines

    Dec 4, 2023 Andrés Velasco explains why voters support misguided economic policies even after they have failed repeatedly.

  4. Latin America’s Splendid Isolation
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    Latin America’s Splendid Isolation

    Nov 1, 2023 Andrés Velasco explains why nowadays, as in the 1930s and 1940s, being a distant region can be a boon to economic growth.

  5. Latin America’s Growth Conundrum
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    Latin America’s Growth Conundrum

    Sep 22, 2023 Arminio Fraga, et al. explain what it will take finally to achieve economic convergence with advanced economies.

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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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    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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    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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    Europe’s High Noon

    Harold James

    With Ukraine depleted and overstretched, and with Russia posing a security threat to the Baltics and Europe more broadly, diplomatic and strategic coordination is more necessary than it has been since the end of the Cold War. Yet political leaders in Europe and the United States look too weak to rise to the occasion.

    worries that Western political leaders lack the will to take the risky decisions that security demands.
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    A Breakthrough Opportunity for Global Governance

    Mubarak Al-Kuwari, et al. propose new international institutions to confront today’s AI-regulation and peacebuilding challenges.
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    Why Is Europe Moving Rightward?

    Federico Fubini considers why nationalist parties are gaining ground in countries that renounced nationalism decades ago.
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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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    How to Save the Pandemic Treaty

    Mariana Mazzucato explains what it will take to prevent or minimize the costs of future contagious outbreaks like COVID-19.

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