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Goverdhan Mehta

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Goverdhan Mehta is University Distinguished Professor in the School of Chemistry at the University of Hyderabad.

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Tackling Science’s Gender-Parity Problem
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Tackling Science’s Gender-Parity Problem

Feb 9, 2018 Stephen Matlin, et al. think that 150 years is long enough for women scientists to wait for equal opportunities.

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Why Scientists Are Marching
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Why Scientists Are Marching

Apr 17, 2017 Stephen Matlin, et al. offer a blueprint to reassert the role of facts in a world increasingly governed by emotion.

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The Most Important Story You Missed in 2019
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The Most Important Story You Missed in 2019

Mark Suzman fears that the Global Fund's recent $14 billion financing round may be one of the last examples of its kind.

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The West’s Arrested Social Development
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The West’s Arrested Social Development

Helmut K. Anheier

In 1995, the sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf argued that developed countries’ “overriding task” for the subsequent decade was to "square the circle of wealth creation, social cohesion, and political freedom.” More than two decades later, most have not even attempted that feat.

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Humans Can Survive Underwater
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Humans Can Survive Underwater

Bjørn Lomborg says alarming media stories about rising sea levels only encourage overly expensive climate policies.

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Why Value Pluralism Is Essential for Sustainability
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Why Value Pluralism Is Essential for Sustainability

Patricia Balvanera, et al. urge policymakers to take into account how different groups and communities value natural systems.

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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 warns that government meddling in the private sector is undermining efficiency and distorting market outcomes.

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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 thinks the global economy's outlook is still cloudy, despite the recent attenuation of some tail risks.

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