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Bill Gates, Founder and Technology Adviser of the Microsoft Corporation, is Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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  1. No Time to Waste
    gates10_john keatley_hedegaard gates John Keatley 
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    No Time to Waste

    Feb 17, 2021 Bill Gates interviewed by Connie Hedegaard about what needs to happen to mitigate the planet's climate crisis before it's too late.

  2. Promises to Keep in 2016
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    Promises to Keep in 2016

    Jan 20, 2016 Bill Gates & Melinda Gates set out the three main areas on which their foundation will focus its attention this year.

  3. The Polio Heroes
    Health workers in Africa administering polio vaccine UNICEF Ethiopia/Flickr

    The Polio Heroes

    Dec 17, 2015 Bill Gates praises the brave health workers and generous supporters who have nearly eradicated the disease.

  4. Who Will Suffer Most from Climate Change?
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    Who Will Suffer Most from Climate Change?

    Sep 1, 2015 Bill Gates proposes adaptation measures for those who will suffer most from hotter temperatures.

  5. Why Jeffrey Sachs Matters
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    Why Jeffrey Sachs Matters

    May 21, 2014 Bill Gates explains why the Millennium Villages Project, though a failure, was worth the risk.

  1. Illustration of ‘AI’ crashing into and breaking the scales of justice, symbolizing conflict with law. Wild Pixel/Getty Images
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    Balancing Ethics and AI Innovation

    J.P. Singh criticizes the unbalanced approaches to governing the technology taken by EU and US policymakers.
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    Xi’s Purges Reveal His Insecurity

    Brahma Chellaney

    From surveilling and repressing Chinese citizens to firing and prosecuting potential rivals, Chinese President Xi Jinping seems able to rule only through fear. But fear is not a foundation for long-term stability, and the more Xi seeks to consolidate power, the more vulnerable his position becomes.

     thinks the Chinese president's determination to consolidate power is making him – and China – more vulnerable.
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    How Norway’s War Profiteering Could Help Ukraine

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork

    As the European Union tries to put together a large loan for Ukraine, sovereign guarantees and the risk they pose to member states' credit ratings have become a stumbling block. Fortunately, having raked in tens of billions of dollars from the fallout of Russia's invasion, Norway could break the impasse.

     urge the Nordic energy giant to guarantee an EU loan to Ukraine, secured by frozen Russian assets.
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    The Global Majority’s Fight for Economic Justice

    Sekoetlane Phamodi shows how civil-society groups will seek to develop a program of action at the upcoming G20 meeting.
  5. du1_BrendanSmialowskiGettyImages_ScottBessentUNGA Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images
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    Supply-Chain Economics Beats Tariff Politics

    Jun Du explains how US trade policy has devastated American soybean farmers, and why the damage will be permanent.
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    Product Scorecards Can Help Rescue Europe’s Green Deal

    Brian Hill touts an economicaly efficient, politically feasible way to keep the European Union's climate ambitions alive.
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    What Does the Market Really Think About AI?

    Isaiah Andrews & Maryam Farboodi point to bond-market signals that complicate the narrative about the technology's game-changing potential.
  8. AI chart magnifying glass Igor Svetlichnyi/Getty Images
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    Measuring AI’s Economic Impact

    Diane Coyle highlights the need for metrics that capture how the technology is reshaping industries, work, and daily life.
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    The Right Way to Finance Ukraine’s Defense

    Vladyslav Rashkovan & Greg Wilson argue that the time has come to put Russian funds frozen in Western countries to good use.

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