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Helga Nowotny

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Helga Nowotny is a former president of the European Research Council and Professor Emerita of Science and Technology Studies at ETH Zurich.

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  1. Climate Change Action Cannot Ignore Social Issues
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    Climate Change Action Cannot Ignore Social Issues

    Jan 2, 2019 Marc Fleurbaey, et al. argue that an environmentally-centered, technocratic push to halt global warming is destined to fail.

  2. Harnessing the Hope of Social Science
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    Harnessing the Hope of Social Science

    Jan 31, 2017 Helga Nowotny points out that researchers have been studying the root causes of recent political shocks for years.

  3. A Scientific Outlook for a Post-Factual World
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    A Scientific Outlook for a Post-Factual World

    Nov 29, 2016 Helga Nowotny says that the best way to manage uncertainty is to embrace it in the spirit of free inquiry.

  4. Fulfilling the Genomic Promise
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    Fulfilling the Genomic Promise

    Jul 9, 2013 Helga Nowotny

  5. Can Science Save Europe?
    ve443c.jpg Chris Van Es

    Can Science Save Europe?

    Jun 4, 2012 Helga Nowotny

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    Let the WTO Referee Carbon Border Taxes

    Jeffrey Frankel shows how a revived World Trade Organization can play a central role in combating climate change.
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    Elon Musk’s Not-so-Hidden Agenda

    Jason Stanley thinks the mogul's takeover of Twitter reflects his interest in destroying all democratic information spaces.
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    Saadia Zahidi on government spending, debt distress, the Iran protests, and more

    Saadia Zahidi argues that social-safety nets must be customized and targeted to ensure efficiency, advocates a more responsible approach to deficit reduction and fiscal consolidation, describes the complex recipe for helping countries reap the benefits of greater female labor-force participation, and more.
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    The Birth of a New International Order

    Joschka Fischer sees global great-power relations taking shape around a Sino-American dominated pentarchy.
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    The World Cup Syndrome

    Raj Persaud reflects on the effects that loving the “beautiful game” can have on one’s health and finances.
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    Rebooting the World Bank

    Suma Chakrabarti & Chris Humphrey outline key reforms that could help the institution regain the trust of developing countries.
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    No Easy Exit from Zero-COVID

    S. Alex Yang & Angela Huyue Zhang propose a strategy for loosening China's pandemic restrictions without triggering a nationwide health crisis.
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    Faking It, Making It, Losing It

    Harold James

    The spectacular rise and fall of FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried were driven by effective marketing, trickery, and financial speculation. In that, they bear a striking resemblance to the disastrous eighteenth-century experiment that fueled the Mississippi Company bubble and created the template for all future Ponzi schemes.

     draws parallels between the FTX collapse and economist John Law’s infamous eighteenth-century scheme in France.
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    The Regulators’ Revolt

    Howard Davies traces the rise and fall of the UK government's recent effort to wield the power to rewrite financial rules.

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