Felipe Calderón

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Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico, is Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

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Creating a Learning Generation
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Creating a Learning Generation

Sep 21, 2016 Felipe Calderón emphasizes the importance of closing the education gaps among countries.

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Why Climate Change Is an Education Issue
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Why Climate Change Is an Education Issue

Jul 4, 2016 Felipe Calderón cites recent polls showing widespread ignorance of the risks posed by rising global temperatures.

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Africa’s Urban Opportunity

Africa’s Urban Opportunity

Oct 14, 2015 Trevor Manuel & Felipe Calderón highlight the continent's unique chance to build prosperous and climate-smart cities.

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The New Climate Economics
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The New Climate Economics

Sep 22, 2013 Felipe Calderón & Nicholas Stern on how to address climate change while promoting economic growth.

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The Coming Crisis of China’s One-Party Regime

Minxin Pei

In 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised that the Communist Party would deliver great successes in advance of two upcoming centennials, in 2021 and 2049. But no amount of nationalist posturing can change the fact that the fall of the CPC appears closer than at any time since the end of the Mao era.

Argentina Needs Intensive Care

Anne O. Krueger

Argentina's President Mauricio Macri knew that he had inherited a sick economy when he took office in 2015, but failed to take his medicine. As a result, the country now has no choice but to face up to a period of painful structural adjustment.

Can Capitalist Democracy Survive?

William H. Janeway

For two generations after World War II, the marriage between market capitalism and representative democracy delivered widely shared prosperity for the Western world. But, viewed in a broader historical context, the Golden Age may have been the exception rather than the rule.