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Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo

Writing for PS since 2013
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Dambisa Moyo, an international economist, is the author of four New York Times bestselling books, including Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (Basic Books, 2018).

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  1. Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Jul 25, 2024 Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.

  2. Where Will the AI Super Cycle Lead?
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    Where Will the AI Super Cycle Lead?

    Jul 9, 2024 Dambisa Moyo considers the implications of the technology for capital, labor, productivity, and public policy.

  3. The Moral Hazard of Lower Interest Rates
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    The Moral Hazard of Lower Interest Rates

    Jun 6, 2024 Dambisa Moyo warns that an easing of monetary policy could encourage excessive borrowing and risk-taking.

  4. An Economic Model for the AI Age
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    An Economic Model for the AI Age

    Jun 22, 2023 Dambisa Moyo considers what the artificial-intelligence revolution will demand of governments and companies.

  5. The New Global Investment Landscape
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    The New Global Investment Landscape

    Mar 13, 2023 Dambisa Moyo identifies the biggest risks and opportunities now that so many macroeconomic fundamentals have changed.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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