Dominic Barton

Writing for PS since 2014
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Dominic Barton, former global managing director of McKinsey & Company, is the Canadian ambassador to China.

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Meeting the Populist Challenge
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Meeting the Populist Challenge

Jan 18, 2017 Dominic Barton explains what business executives need to do to ensure that capitalism benefits everyone.

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Bridging the Infrastructure Gap
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Bridging the Infrastructure Gap

Jun 14, 2016 Dominic Barton debunks the conventional wisdom that fiscal constraints are blocking necessary investment.

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Catching the Digital Wave
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Catching the Digital Wave

Jan 15, 2016 Dominic Barton urges companies to focus in 2016 on digitizing the core components of their business.

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The Coming Productivity Revolution
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The Coming Productivity Revolution

Jan 22, 2015 Dominic Barton on how to unleash the main engines of global growth over the next half-century.

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Age of Disruption

Age of Disruption

Jan 7, 2014 Dominic Barton explains why the global impact of the data revolution will surpass that of the Industrial Revolution.

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Carl Bildt

As with the proceedings against former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is ultimately a domestic political issue that will be decided in the US Congress. But, unlike those earlier cases, the Ukraine scandal threatens to jam up the entire machinery of US foreign policy.

Making America Mediocre

Anne O. Krueger

America owes its economic strength to its private sector, which has long benefited from an absence of undue influence by politicians and the state. But under US President Donald Trump's administration, discretionary decisions by policymakers are increasingly giving some companies advantages over others.

Why Financial Markets’ New Exuberance Is Irrational

Nouriel Roubini

Owing to a recent easing of both Sino-American tensions and monetary policies, many investors seem to be betting on another era of expansion for the global economy. But they would do well to remember that the fundamental risks to growth remain, and are actually getting worse.