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Jayati Ghosh

Jayati Ghosh

Writing for PS since 2018
62 commentaries

Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is former a member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.

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  1. Building a Better SDR
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    Building a Better SDR

    May 22, 2023 Jayati Ghosh touts proposed reforms that would maximize the potential of IMF special drawing rights for poor countries.

  2. Schizophrenia at the IMF
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    Schizophrenia at the IMF

    Apr 19, 2023 Jayati Ghosh warns that the Fund’s insistence on fiscal retrenchment for developing countries ignores its own research.

  3. The High Cost of Carbon Pricing
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    The High Cost of Carbon Pricing

    Mar 16, 2023 Jayati Ghosh warns that measures to reduce imported emissions could, perversely, end up impeding global decarbonization.

  4. The Crisis of India’s Oligarchy
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    The Crisis of India’s Oligarchy

    Feb 15, 2023 Jayati Ghosh argues that the meltdown of the Adani Group exposes the flaws in the Modi government’s development strategy.

  5. Davos Man Must Pay
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    Davos Man Must Pay

    Jan 16, 2023 Jayati Ghosh calls on participants of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting to support raising taxes on the super-rich.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

    thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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