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Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

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Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002, is a member of the editorial board of Americas Quarterly and the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

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  1. Latin America Confronts the Coronavirus
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    Latin America Confronts the Coronavirus

    Apr 16, 2020 Fernando Henrique Cardoso, et al. argue that populist grandstanding jeopardizes the top priority – minimizing the pandemic’s death toll.

  2. Withdrawing from the War on Drugs
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    Withdrawing from the War on Drugs

    Feb 4, 2011 Michel D. Kazatchkine & Fernando Henrique Cardoso

  3. Ending the Never-Ending War on Drugs
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    Ending the Never-Ending War on Drugs

    Dec 16, 2010 Fernando Henrique Cardoso

  4. Ending Child Marriage
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    Ending Child Marriage

    Sep 17, 2010 Jimmy Carter & Fernando Henrique Cardoso

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    How to Quench the American West’s Thirst

    Jeffrey Frankel argues that eliminating water subsidies and implementing market pricing is better than the alternative.
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    Give America a Debt Brake

    R. James Breiding thinks the United States could learn a valuable lesson from a policy Switzerland put in place in 2003.
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    The Myth of Western Decline

    Chris Patten argues that Chinese leaders’ characterization of liberal democracy as decadent betrays their fear of it.
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    The US Debt Ceiling Debacle Is Not Over

    Kenneth Rogoff

    The latest last-minute deal to raise the US debt limit does not solve the underlying political problem. On the contrary, with the country on track for a Biden-Trump rematch next year – a contest that Trump just might win – the truce is likely to be short-lived.

    sees little reason to believe the latest last-minute deal will be anything more than a short-lived truce.
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    Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality

    Slavoj Žižek sees problems with efforts to treat hatred toward Jews separately from other forms of bigotry.
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    Not Buying Central Banks’ Favorite Excuse

    Raghuram G. Rajan shows why monetary policymakers must bear some of the blame for the latest banking-sector turmoil.
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    The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination

    Nicholas Reed Langen considers the complicated legacy of a progressive jurist whom conservatives now champion.
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    Saved by the Pandemic?

    Scott Fulford explains why its successful COVID-19 stimulus could help the US forge a path to financial stability for all.
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    How Much Work Is Enough?

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Autumn McDonald explain how the pandemic raised new questions – and some very old ones – for employers and employees.

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