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Arvind Subramanian

Arvind Subramanian

Writing for PS since 2012
35 commentaries

Arvind Subramanian, a senior fellow at Brown University, is a distinguished non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development and the author of Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy (India Viking, 2018).

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  1. India’s Welfare Balm
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    India’s Welfare Balm

    Apr 28, 2023 Arvind Subramanian & Josh Felman explain how policies are shielding households from rising prices – and the government from political blowback.

  2. The Age of Verbiage
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    The Age of Verbiage

    Feb 1, 2023 Arvind Subramanian blames today’s nonstop inundation of expert opinion for undermining the quality of public discourse.

  3. Global Cooperation Is Not Necessary to Fight Climate Change
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    Global Cooperation Is Not Necessary to Fight Climate Change

    Nov 10, 2022 Arvind Subramanian explains why protectionist industrial policies could help reduce global clean-energy prices.

  4. The Case for Structural Financial Deglobalization
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    The Case for Structural Financial Deglobalization

    Oct 28, 2022 Arvind Subramanian urges emerging and developing countries to erect barriers to certain cross-border capital flows.

  5. Three Globalization Shocks Could Hurt China and Help India
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    Three Globalization Shocks Could Hurt China and Help India

    Aug 11, 2022 Arvind Subramanian & Josh Felman explain why the effects of recent disruptions to world trade will continue to vary across countries.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

    thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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