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David Ropeik

David Ropeik

Writing for PS since 2010
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David Ropeik is an instructor in the Environmental Management Program of the Harvard Extension School, author of How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts, and a consultant on risk perception and risk communication.

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    The Last Days of Netanyahu?

    Shlomo Ben-Ami

    In Israel's recent parliamentary election, voters stopped Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's leadership of the country toward xenophobic theocracy. But Israel now faces a period of political deadlock, and it remains to be seen whether Netanyahu really will be politically sidelined.

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    The Return of Fiscal Policy

    Jim O'Neill

    With interest rates at record lows and global growth set to continue decelerating, there has rarely been a better time for governments to invest in infrastructure and other sources of long-term productivity growth. The only question is whether policymakers in Germany and elsewhere will seize the opportunity now staring them in the face.

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