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Eric Chivian

Eric Chivian

Writing for PS since 2010
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Eric Chivian is a physician and researcher at the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, and a lead author of Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity.

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    The Partial Triumph of 1989

    Javier Solana

    The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 marked the end not of a historical chapter, but of a paragraph. Although capitalism currently has no rival, it has proven its compatibility with illiberal forces.

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    Why Rich Cities Rebel

    Jeffrey D. Sachs

    Having lost touch with public sentiment, officials in Paris, Hong Kong, and Santiago failed to anticipate that a seemingly modest policy action (a fuel-tax increase, an extradition bill, and higher metro prices, respectively) would trigger a massive social explosion.

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