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Ernesto Zedillo

Writing for PS since 2003
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Ernesto Zedillo is a former president of Mexico and a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

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Legalization Is the Only Viable Drug Policy
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Legalization Is the Only Viable Drug Policy

Mar 19, 2019 Juan Manuel Santos, et al. frame the issue as a simple choice between empowering governments or enabling criminal cartels.

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The Business of Fighting Poverty

The Business of Fighting Poverty

Aug 1, 2003 Paul Martin & Ernesto Zedillo

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Impeachment and the Wider World
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Impeachment and the Wider World

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.

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Making America Mediocre

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.

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What Next for Unconventional Monetary Policies?
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What Next for Unconventional Monetary Policies?

Stephen Grenville concludes that new tools for central bankers will do little to boost investment and economic growth.

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Why Financial Markets’ New Exuberance Is Irrational
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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.

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A Green Light for Public Investment
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A Green Light for Public Investment

Robert Habeck & Jesse Klaver say that Germany and the Netherlands must use fiscal policy to bring about economic transformation.

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How the IMF Can Battle Gradual Irrelevance
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How the IMF Can Battle Gradual Irrelevance

Mohamed A. El-Erian says the Fund is itself partly to blame for its diminished influence over economic policy.

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Crime and Excessive Punishment in Tunisia
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Crime and Excessive Punishment in Tunisia

Rim Dhaouadi urges policymakers to reform the country's overly repressive criminal justice system.

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Reversing the Death of Venice
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Reversing the Death of Venice

Carlo Ratti says that the city must rebuild its society before it can protect its buildings from rising sea levels.

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