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Brigitte Miksa

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Brigitte Miksa is Head of International Pensions at Allianz Asset Management.

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  1. Rethinking Retirement Ratios
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    Rethinking Retirement Ratios

    May 24, 2016 Brigitte Miksa introduces a new way to calculate the burden pensions are likely to place on economies.

  2. Rehearsals for Retirement
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    Rehearsals for Retirement

    Nov 20, 2015 Brigitte Miksa points out that only a handful of countries are prepared to care for growing numbers of pensioners.

  3. The Future is Old
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    The Future is Old

    Aug 8, 2015 Brigitte Miksa explains why rapid societal aging is, overall, a good problem to have.

  4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Boom
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    It’s All Over Now, Baby Boom

    Dec 12, 2014 Brigitte Miksa asks what it means when, on New Year's Eve this year, the last baby boomer turns 50.

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    Anticipating Trump’s Foreign Policy

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers what can be gleaned from the president-elect’s past statements, recent appointments, and US history.
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    What the G20 Can Do for Africa’s Energy Agenda

    Samia Suluhu Hassan explains how climate finance could unleash the continent's economic potential.
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    The Key to Africa’s Vaccine Sovereignty

    Nana Akufo-Addo urges donor governments to build on successful efforts to boost immunization across the continent.
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    For Developing Economies, the Finance Landscape Has Become a Wasteland

    Indermit Gill shows that current conditions give the world's poorest countries no chance to achieve sustained growth.
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    How Not to React to Donald Trump

    Andrés Velasco calls for more serious thinking by progressives and fewer knee-jerk calls to “abandon neoliberalism.”
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    The Fall and Rise of American Democracy

    Daron Acemoglu

    Over time, as American democracy has increasingly fallen short of delivering on its core promises, the Democratic Party has contributed to the problem by catering to a narrow, privileged elite. To restore its own prospects and America’s signature form of governance, it must return to its working-class roots.

     is not surprised that so many voters ignored warnings about the threat Donald Trump poses to US institutions.
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    Enrique Krauze on Baruch Spinoza, the US election, Mexican democracy, and more

    Enrique Krauze considers the responsibility of the state to guarantee freedom, heralds the demise of Mexico’s democracy, highlights flaws in higher-education systems, and more.
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    Does a Savage War of Partition Await Ukraine?

    Nina L. Khrushcheva

    Donald Trump appears bent on striking a “peace” deal with Russia that involves Ukraine’s dismemberment. From Poland in the eighteenth century to the Indian subcontinent in the twentieth, history amply demonstrates that the kind of partition this implies is likely to bring horrifying violence and long-lasting enmity.

     traces the grim history of territorial divisions like the one that Donald Trump seems to be envisioning.
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    America’s Trade Deficit Is Not Afraid of Donald Trump

    Yanis Varoufakis shows why the incoming US administration can’t eliminate the negative balance – and wouldn’t even if it could.

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