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PS Commentators' Predictions for 2020
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PS Commentators' Predictions for 2020

Jan 3, 2020 PS editors asked commentators to anticipate the events and trends to watch in major countries and the world.

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PS Commentators' Best Reads in 2019
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PS Commentators' Best Reads in 2019

Dec 27, 2019 PS editors asked Project Syndicate contributors to identify the works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry that resonated with them most over the past year.

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PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2019
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PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2019

Jan 4, 2019 PS editors anticipate the political and economic developments that are likely to feature prominently in the new year.

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PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2018
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PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2018

Dec 28, 2018 PS editors asked Project Syndicate commentators to recommend the year's most important fiction and non-fiction works, and explain why their choices matter for the current era.

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PS [In Depth]: Deconstructing the Urbanization Challenge

PS [In Depth]: Deconstructing the Urbanization Challenge

Oct 17, 2018 PS editors take a closer look at the multi-faceted – and inexorable – global migration from rural areas to cities.

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Human Rights Defenders in Their Own Words

Human Rights Defenders in Their Own Words

Apr 4, 2019 PS editors follow three young activists as they advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights at the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

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PS. In Theory: The Rise of Monopsony

PS. In Theory: The Rise of Monopsony

Feb 7, 2019 PS editors explain how the rise of ultra-powerful superstar firms may be depressing wages.

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PS. In Theory: Universal Basic Income

PS. In Theory: Universal Basic Income

Nov 27, 2018 PS editors examine a key proposal for addressing technological unemployment.

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PS. Explain This: The Gendered Right to Mobility

PS. Explain This: The Gendered Right to Mobility

Nov 14, 2018 PS editors examine the social and economic reasons to improve women's access to transportation.

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China's War on the Uighurs

China's War on the Uighurs

Nov 6, 2018 PS editors and James Leibold discuss the human-rights crisis in Xinjiang.

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America’s Debilitating Middle-East Obsession

Brahma Chellaney

US President Donald Trump once seemed to recognize that, as long as the US remains mired in endless wars in the Middle East, it will be unable to address in a meaningful way the threat China poses. But that has not stopped him from perpetuating the cycle of self-defeating American interventionism in the Middle East.

The War on Talent

Anne-Marie Slaughter & Monica Chellam

A growing body of research suggests that CEOs share more relevant traits with Chief Human Resources Officers than with those of any other C-Suite position. But while CHROs may have a seat at the table, that seat’s occupant – more often than not a woman – is still least likely to become CEO.