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Donna Dickenson, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of London, is the author of Me Medicine vs. We Medicine.

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  1. Heritable Human Genome Editing Is Not Inevitable
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    Heritable Human Genome Editing Is Not Inevitable

    Mar 17, 2020 Donna Dickenson, et al. reframe the debate over the adoption of a technology that would affect all future generations.

  2. Britain’s Dangerous Lapse in Medical Ethics
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    Britain’s Dangerous Lapse in Medical Ethics

    Jul 31, 2018 Donna Dickenson says a UK report endorsing a controversial form of genetic alteration sets a risky precedent.

  3. The End of Cross-Border Surrogacy?
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    The End of Cross-Border Surrogacy?

    Feb 25, 2016 Donna Dickenson lauds measures restricting rich Westerners from using women in poor countries to bear their babies.

  4. The Ethics of Ebola
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    The Ethics of Ebola

    Sep 3, 2014 Donna Dickenson asks whether – and to whom – unapproved drugs and vaccines should be administered.

  5. Genetics for the People?
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    Genetics for the People?

    Feb 5, 2014 Donna Dickenson asks whether personal genetic testing has a future.

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    Whither the G20?

    Takatoshi Ito

    Following the latest G20 summit, the G7 should be thinking seriously about deepening its own ties with more non-aligned countries. If the Ukraine war drags on, and if China continues to threaten to take Taiwan by force, the G20 will be split between friends of the BRICS and friends of the G7.

     sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
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    Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

    Marit Kitaw explains how the continent can move beyond resource extraction to build green industry.
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    America Must Join Europe’s Climate Club

    Gary Yohe & Roger Kuhns urge US policymakers to create a carbon-pricing policy in line with the bloc’s emissions-reduction plan.
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    Measuring Corruption in China

    Yongheng Deng & Shang-Jin Wei outline a novel approach to assessing the extent and scope of the country's graft problem.
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    To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify promising new models and philanthropic initiatives geared toward supporting independent media.
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    How to Achieve Universal Cancer Care

    Sonali Johnson urges governments worldwide to include the disease in national health-insurance schemes.
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    What Climate Finance Needs

    Nouriel Roubini & Reza Bundy

    To prevent catastrophic climate change and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy, policymakers and asset owners urgently need to rethink how we channel capital at scale. The key is to develop new financial instruments that are profitable, liquid, and easily accessible to savers and investors globally.

     explain what it will take to channel private capital and savings toward sustainable development.
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    Down on the Biden Economy

    James K. Galbraith thinks the failure of wages to keep up with inflation explains much of the public’s dour mood.
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    The Dollar’s Full-Spectrum Dominance

    Carla Norrlöf foresees the greenback’s continued global hegemony owing to network effects and opportunism.

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