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Ian Buruma

Ian Buruma

Writing for PS since 2001
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Ian Buruma is the author of numerous books, including Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance, Year Zero: A History of 1945, A Tokyo Romance: A Memoir, and, most recently, The Churchill Complex: The Curse of Being Special, From Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit (Penguin, 2020).

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  2. An Interview with Ian Buruma
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    An Interview with Ian Buruma

    Jan 4, 2022 Ian Buruma warns that the stage is set for a more serious US insurrection in 2024, advises Joe Biden not to seek a second term, and highlights contemporary artists and artworks that explore humans’ capacity for barbarism.

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    Why Did Almost Nobody See Inflation Coming?

    Jason Furman

    Forecasting inflation is a staple of macroeconomic modeling, yet virtually all economists’ predictions for the United States in 2021 were way off the mark. This dismal performance reflected a collective failure to take economic models seriously enough, as well as other analytical shortcomings.

     ascribes near-universal forecasting errors in 2021 to not taking economic models seriously enough.
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    Envisioning Governance 4.0

    Klaus Schwab

    When the COVID-19 pandemic ends, the world will need a new governance model that differs from its predecessors in several fundamental respects. In particular, while finance, economics, and business remain vitally important, they must serve society and nature – not the other way around.

     argues that tackling today’s global challenges will require a transformation of institutions and leadership.

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