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Ashoka Mody

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Ashoka Mody, Visiting Professor of International Economic Policy at Princeton University, previously worked for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He is the author of India is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today (Stanford University Press, 2023).

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  1. India’s Broken State
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    India’s Broken State

    Feb 20, 2023 Ashoka Mody warns that a sinking Himalayan village is a microcosm of pervasive unaccountability.

  2. An Interview with Ashoka Mody
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    An Interview with Ashoka Mody

    Aug 4, 2020 Ashoka Mody shows why the EU recovery fund is too little too late, praises the IMF’s newfound intellectual independence, and discusses the far-reaching consequences of inequality-induced apathy.

  3. Draghi’s Dangerous Farewell
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    Draghi’s Dangerous Farewell

    Sep 9, 2019 Ashoka Mody warns that the risks of further monetary stimulus measures by the European Central Bank outweigh the benefits.

  4. The Eternally Optimistic IMF
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    The Eternally Optimistic IMF

    Apr 18, 2019 Ashoka Mody says the Fund's global growth forecasts underplay rich-country risks and pay too little attention to China.

  5. Angela Merkel’s Tragedy
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    Angela Merkel’s Tragedy

    Nov 2, 2018 Ashoka Mody examines the factors that led to the German chancellor's decision to step down in 2021.

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    Accounting for Casino Capitalism

    Hans-Werner Sinn draws parallels between recent bank collapses and the late-nineteenth-century “founders’ crash.”
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    Who Should Be Bailed Out Next?

    Simon Zadek urges rich-country governments to aid debt-distressed poor countries as urgently as they have their failing banks.
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    The Population Boon

    Beniamino Callegari & Per Espen Stoknes correct popular myths about the threat of demographic growth to sustainable development.
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    Where Is the Global South’s Rescue Brigade?

    Vera Songwe decries the unequal responses to liquidity crises in Silicon Valley compared to the developing world.
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    Beyond Industrial Policy

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Elizabeth Garlow

    The emerging breed of industrial policies, which emphasize production, fair wages, and localism, could serve as the basis for post-neoliberal economies. But to tackle the challenges of the twenty-first century and ensure a sustainable future, we need a policy framework that recognizes the value of human connection.

     make the case for an economic strategy that prioritizes shared prosperity over competition.
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    The Other Conflict on Europe’s Doorstep

    Anders Fogh Rasmussen warns that Azerbaijan may be preparing to renew its military aggression against neighboring Armenia.
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    Let the Banks Burn

    Yanis Varoufakis

    The banking system we take for granted is unfixable. The good news is that we no longer need to rely on any private, rent-seeking, socially destabilizing network of banks, at least not the way we have so far.

     shows why the current private system is unfixable – and why we don’t need to tolerate it anymore.
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    How China Benefits from Another US Banking Crisis

    Stephen S. Roach thinks America’s latest financial trouble will reinforce a narrative of terminal national decline.
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    Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy

    Orville Schell interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad.

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