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Brigitte Granville

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Brigitte Granville is Professor of International Economics and Economic Policy at Queen Mary University of London and the author, most recently, of What Ails France? (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021).

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  1. What Does India Want from Russia?
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    What Does India Want from Russia?

    Aug 12, 2022 Sushanta Mallick & Brigitte Granville show how the Ukraine war is helping the country achieve significant – and advantageous – geopolitical autonomy.

  2. Growth and the Migration Factor
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    Growth and the Migration Factor

    Feb 18, 2022 Brigitte Granville shows that economic conditions in host countries increase the challenges and dislocations facing displaced people.

  3. Behind the Modern Malaise
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    Behind the Modern Malaise

    Oct 1, 2021 Brigitte Granville reviews recent work examining causes and cures for the long-term plight of workers.

  4. France’s Culture War Intensifies
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    France’s Culture War Intensifies

    May 6, 2021 Brigitte Granville thinks Napoleon Bonaparte's divisive legacy holds the key to President Emmanuel Macron's political future.

  5. Europe’s Complacency Trap
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    Europe’s Complacency Trap

    Apr 8, 2021 Brigitte Granville warns that the European Union's institutional purgatory implies human costs and serious political risks.

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    Britannia Deranged

    Jacob Soll explores UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’s 2012 manifesto and its incoherent vision of capitalism.
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    Research Ethics and Non-Human Subjects

    Peter Singer highlights an appalling recent article that Springer Nature should retract under its new guidance for authors.
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    How to Settle the Great Chess Cheating Scandal

    Kenneth Rogoff explains how a suspiciously successful young upstart can prove that he is for real.
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    Why Deglobalization Makes US Inflation Worse

    Dambisa Moyo laments that today’s inflationary surge has not elicited a coordinated global response.
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    How to Tax Energy Companies’ Windfall Profits

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    Given the complexities of modern markets, economies, and legal regimes, new levies on energy companies will always run into implementation problems. To prevent supply shortages and other disastrous unintended consequences, policymakers must proceed with caution and coordinate across borders.

     consider the underappreciated difficulties of implementing new levies without creating unwanted side effects.
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    Is Putin in Peril?

    From alternate-reality annexations to fresh nuclear threats, Russian President Vladimir Putin seems more desperate than ever to project an image of strength after a string of battlefield defeats. As Ukrainian forces advance on Russian-occupied territories and hundreds of thousands of draft-age Russian men flee the Kremlin’s “partial mobilization,” we asked PS commentators to assess his prospects.

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    Liz Truss’s Backward Vision of the Future

    Diane Coyle argues that the new UK government will never cure what ails the British economy by living in the past.
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    The State Is Taking Back Energy

    Nick Butler sees increased government intervention in the sector as necessary but too often suboptimal.
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    The Stabilizing Effect of Inflation

    Daniel Gros explains why, despite the disruptions caused by monetary tightening, a financial crisis is unlikely.

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