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Dennis J. Snower

Dennis J. Snower

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Dennis J. Snower, a professorial research fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and a senior research fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, is President of the Global Solutions Initiative, President Emeritus of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, and a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution.

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  1. All Are Welcome at the Climate Club
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    All Are Welcome at the Climate Club

    Aug 5, 2022 Avram Alpert & Dennis J. Snower explain why a new German-designed coordination framework can succeed where similar past efforts have failed.

  2. Rebuilding the Foundation for Peaceful Progress
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    Rebuilding the Foundation for Peaceful Progress

    Mar 23, 2022 Dennis J. Snower calls for political leaders to focus on three priorities of global collective action.

  3. How to End Climate Failure
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    How to End Climate Failure

    Dec 13, 2021 Dennis J. Snower urges leaders to follow the late economist Elinor Ostrom’s principles for managing the global commons.

  4. The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19
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    The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19

    Apr 8, 2020 Dennis J. Snower says governments must focus on overcoming the production and consumption imbalances caused by the pandemic.

  5. Fighting the Diseases of Want and Plenty
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    Fighting the Diseases of Want and Plenty

    Dec 11, 2019 Dennis J. Snower urges prevention as the most effective way to reduce disease burdens in rich and poor countries alike.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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