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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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PS [In Depth]: Women’s Economic Empowerment

PS [In Depth]: Women’s Economic Empowerment

Sep 18, 2018 PS editors examine the most common obstacles holding back 50% of the workforce in many developing countries.

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Trump’s Abominable Snow Job
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Trump’s Abominable Snow Job

Jan 12, 2018 PS editors review PS commentators’ assessments of the administration’s first year of domestic and foreign policymaking.

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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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Robert Skidelsky

Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart

There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.

Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown

Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.

PS editors

PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2019

PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2018

PS [In Depth]: Deconstructing the Urbanization Challenge

PS [In Depth]: Women’s Economic Empowerment

Trump’s Abominable Snow Job

Human Rights Defenders in Their Own Words

PS. In Theory: The Rise of Monopsony

PS. In Theory: Universal Basic Income

PS. Explain This: The Gendered Right to Mobility

China's War on the Uighurs

Asia’s Multilateral Balancing Act

The Economic Consequences of Automation

The Return of Fiscal Policy

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Can Direct Democracy Defeat Populism?

Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration

Islands of Climate Ambition

Brexit House of Cards

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