Isabel Ortiz

Writing for PS since 2008
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Isabel Ortiz, Director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, was Director at the International Labor Organization and UNICEF, and a senior official at the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank.

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The Insanity of Austerity
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The Insanity of Austerity

Oct 11, 2019 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins are alarmed by economic policymakers’ continued obsession with fiscal retrenchment at a time of slowing growth.

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The Austerity Pandemic
Tim Brinton

The Austerity Pandemic

Jun 14, 2013 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins on the economic reasons for political unrest.

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Recovery and Equality
Margaret Scott

Recovery and Equality

Jul 26, 2012 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins

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A Recovery for All
Dean Rohrer

A Recovery for All

Nov 9, 2010 Isabel Ortiz

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Abandoning Asia’s Poor

Abandoning Asia’s Poor

May 15, 2008 Isabel Ortiz & Anita Kelles-Viitanen

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Restoring Central Banks’ Credibility

Larry Hatheway

The old central-bank playbook of slashing interest rates to spur consumption, investment, and employment has become less effective since the 2008 financial crisis. Yet without effective tools and the public's confidence, central banks will be unable to rise to the occasion when the next recession arrives.

Why Countries Should Tax Global Income

Ricardo Hausmann

More inclusive global growth in a world with free capital mobility does not require a “global” government that taxes and redistributes, but it does require global taxation and tax cooperation. Countries should be free to set their own taxes, but they should be required to share tax-relevant information.

The Day After NATO

Joschka Fischer

French President Emmanuel Macron has drawn criticism for describing NATO as brain dead and pursuing a rapprochement with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But now that a wayward America could abandon the continent at any moment, Macron's argument for European defense autonomy is difficult to refute.