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Jayati Ghosh

Jayati Ghosh

Writing for PS since 2018
75 commentaries

Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is a member of the Club of Rome’s Transformational Economics Commission and Co-Chair of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation.

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  1. For Global Tax Reform, the Devil Is in the Details
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    For Global Tax Reform, the Devil Is in the Details

    Mar 12, 2024 Jayati Ghosh explains why one of two proposed subject-to-tax rules enables developing countries to generate more revenue.

  2. The Toxic Legacy of the Green Revolution
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    The Toxic Legacy of the Green Revolution

    Feb 12, 2024 Jayati Ghosh urges developing countries to adopt agroecological cultivation rather than focusing on boosting yields.

  3. India’s Great Jobs Challenge
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    India’s Great Jobs Challenge

    Jan 11, 2024 Jayati Ghosh highlights the government’s failure to ensure a sufficient number of even low-paid employment opportunities.

  4. SDRs Are the Great Untapped Source of Climate Finance
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    SDRs Are the Great Untapped Source of Climate Finance

    Dec 12, 2023 Jayati Ghosh urges leaders to use the IMF’s reserve asset to help low-income economies achieve sustainability goals.

  5. When Investors Subvert States
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    When Investors Subvert States

    Nov 30, 2023 Jayati Ghosh urges policymakers to end the undemocratic practice of allowing multinationals to sue sovereign countries.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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