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Angel Gurría

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Angel Gurría, a former secretary of foreign affairs (1994-97) and secretary of finance (1998-2000) of Mexico, is a former secretary-general of the OECD. 

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  1. New Business Models for a New Future
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    New Business Models for a New Future

    Sep 20, 2021 Angel Gurría explains why public-private collaboration is needed to change how business is done.

  2. Food Security Rests on Trade
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    Food Security Rests on Trade

    Nov 19, 2018 Angel Gurría & José Graziano da Silva warn that without rules-based global trade, the threat of hunger and malnutrition in some regions will grow.

  3. Multilateralism Is the Only Way Forward
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    Multilateralism Is the Only Way Forward

    May 28, 2018 Angel Gurría calls for updating the current model of international cooperation to address current and future challenges.

  4. We Should Not Be Afraid
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    We Should Not Be Afraid

    Sep 22, 2015 Angel Gurría argues that the continent's leaders have no reason to fear the rising flood of refugees.

  5. The Long-Term Investment Challenge
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    The Long-Term Investment Challenge

    Jun 10, 2015 Angel Gurría believes that an extended global economic slump, though inevitable, can be mitigated.

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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.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    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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