Jeremy Farrar

Writing for PS since 2015
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Jeremy Farrar is Director of the Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health.

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The Most Important Health-Care Tool Is Trust
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The Most Important Health-Care Tool Is Trust

Jul 23, 2019 Jeremy Farrar urges policymakers, practitioners, and civic leaders to learn from a new survey of attitudes toward science.

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Vaccinating Against Superbugs
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Vaccinating Against Superbugs

Nov 15, 2018 Seth Berkley & Jeremy Farrar argue that in the fight against drug-resistant infections, the world has a potent if underused weapon.

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The Social Science of Medicine
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The Social Science of Medicine

Jan 22, 2015 Jeremy Farrar warns that the fight against antimicrobial resistance cannot be won by biological research alone.

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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.

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Jeremy Farrar

The Most Important Health-Care Tool Is Trust

Vaccinating Against Superbugs

The Social Science of Medicine

Presidents versus the Press

Restoring Central Banks’ Credibility

Don’t Let Tariffs Break the Internet

Why Countries Should Tax Global Income

The Day After NATO

What’s Behind the Crisis of Democracy?

Macron’s NATO Mistake

Eight Norms for Stability in Cyberspace

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