David Michaels

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David Michaels is Director of the Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy at the School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University.

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Manufacturing Scientific Uncertainty

Mar 28, 2007 David Michaels

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Bretton Woods at 75

Mar 18, 2019 Arminio Fraga shows why the global economic-governance system created by wartime policymakers remains relevant today.

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Think Local, Develop Better

Mar 18, 2019 Zara Kayani says community involvement in Pakistani development projects holds lessons for other countries.

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Maduro’s Useful Idiots

Mar 18, 2019 Shlomo Ben-Ami criticizes the Western left for opposing any action against Venezuela's tyrannical regime.

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Understanding the Fed’s Dovish Turn

Mar 18, 2019 Nouriel Roubini sees five factors contributing to US central bankers' decision to suspend monetary-policy tightening.

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No Choice and No Exit for the UK

Mar 18, 2019 Robert Skidelsky sees in the Brexit ordeal a test of the viability of national sovereignty in an age of “global economism.”

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New Zealand’s Loss of Innocence

Mar 17, 2019 Ramesh Thakur suggests that the killer of 50 Muslim worshipers had two reasons for choosing Christchurch.

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Stalemate in Crimea

Mar 16, 2019 Tikhon Dzyadko reflects on five years of failed Western efforts to reverse Russia's annexation of the peninsula.

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The Fed Should Buy Recession Insurance

Mar 15, 2019 J. Bradford DeLong presents three policy options that would help the US Federal Reserve prepare for a possible downturn.

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