Calestous Juma

Writing for PS since 2001
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Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, is the author of Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies.

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Africa’s Post-Brexit Opportunity
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Africa’s Post-Brexit Opportunity

Jul 14, 2016 Calestous Juma argues that African countries should accelerate their shift away from exports toward innovation.

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Innovation and Its Discontents
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Innovation and Its Discontents

Jul 1, 2016 Calestous Juma asks why so many people, in and out of power, reject technological progress.

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Bridging the World’s Genetic Divide

Bridging the World’s Genetic Divide

Oct 4, 2001 Calestous Juma

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The UN's Role in the New Diplomacy

The UN's Role in the New Diplomacy

Mar 31, 2001 Calestous Juma

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The Economic Consequences of Automation

Robert Skidelsky

Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart

There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.

Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown

Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.

Calestous Juma

Africa’s Post-Brexit Opportunity

Innovation and Its Discontents

Bridging the World’s Genetic Divide

The UN's Role in the New Diplomacy

Asia’s Multilateral Balancing Act

The Economic Consequences of Automation

The Return of Fiscal Policy

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Can Direct Democracy Defeat Populism?

Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration

Islands of Climate Ambition

Brexit House of Cards

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