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Andrew J. Scott

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Andrew J. Scott is Professor of Economics at London Business School.

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  1. A Global Institution for an Aging World
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    A Global Institution for an Aging World

    Oct 3, 2021 John E. Ataguba, et al. urge the creation of an international body to champion the rights and interests of older people.

  2. A Healthy Improvement on GDP
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    A Healthy Improvement on GDP

    Aug 19, 2020 Andrew J. Scott explains why healthy life expectancy is the ideal metric for assessing economic and social progress.

  3. How Aging Societies Should Respond to Pandemics
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    How Aging Societies Should Respond to Pandemics

    Apr 22, 2020 Andrew J. Scott shows why social distancing to combat COVID-19 in the US is justified, despite its high economic costs.

  4. The Myth of the “Aging Society”
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    The Myth of the “Aging Society”

    May 25, 2018 Andrew J. Scott challenges the assumption at the heart of modern demographics, and offers a new approach.

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    The High Cost of the Netherlands’ Mpox Vaccine Hoarding

    Gordon Brown condemns European populists’ failure to heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    How to Make the Most of the Kursk Gambit

    Samuel Charap & Charles A. Kupchan think Ukraine and its partners have a big opportunity to start working toward a negotiated end to the war.
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    The US Election Will Overturn Europe’s Strategic Status Quo

    Mark Leonard worries that Europeans are unprepared for whoever will succeed US President Joe Biden.
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    The Water-Security Crisis

    Mariana Mazzucato, et al.

    Increasingly severe water shortages represent a human-made crisis that can be resolved through human interventions. The situation demands new thinking about the economics of this critical resource and how to manage it through mission-oriented strategies that span all levels of governance.

     call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.
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    The European Green Deal Is Already Benefiting Consumers

    Agustín Reyna rejects the misguided notion that voters are indifferent to environmental concerns.
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    What Is Kamala Harris’s Foreign Policy?

    Ian Bremmer

    Although Kamala Harris is largely aligned with Joe Biden on many global and strategic issues, her unique worldview promises a distinct form of leadership on the international stage. Not only would US foreign policy shift under a Harris administration; it could change in highly consequential ways.

     considers how the Democratic presidential nominees' views compare to Joe Biden's.
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    Will the German Center Hold?

    Helmut K. Anheier considers what is driving support for extremist parties in the country’s eastern states.
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    America Has No Alternative to Industrial Policy

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks new threats to economic security outweigh the reasons for opposing government-led development.
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    US Foreign Policy in 2025

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. compares the two presidential candidates’ attitudes and positions on major global issues.

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