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John A. Mathews

John A. Mathews

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John A. Mathews is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Business & Economics at Macquarie University, Sydney, and the author of Greening of Capitalism.

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  1. The Rise of the “Petroyuan”
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    The Rise of the “Petroyuan”

    Dec 3, 2018 John A. Mathews & Mark Selden see in China's renminbi-denominated oil contracts the germ of a broader challenge to US dollar hegemony.

  2. A Greener Grid for East Asia
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    A Greener Grid for East Asia

    Aug 11, 2017 Sung-Young Kim & John A. Mathews say that vows by South Korea and Taiwan to end nuclear power amount to a watershed for the region.

  3. The Renewable Energy Revolution
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    The Renewable Energy Revolution

    Dec 8, 2015 John A. Mathews explains how and why China and India are driving the transition to a low-carbon global economy.

  4. China’s Green-Energy Revolution
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    China’s Green-Energy Revolution

    May 8, 2015 John A. Mathews & Hao Tan look at the country’s rapidly changing electricity system by the numbers.

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    When Voters Become Fans

    Kaushik Basu thinks deepening polarization has given the lie to a longstanding assumption about electoral politics.
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    Africa’s Responsibility to Protect Biodiversity

    Hailemariam Desalegn urges the continent’s leaders to unite behind a shared conservation agenda, beginning at COP15.
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    Resentment on the Western Front

    Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the Polish public needs a more open and honest conversation about refugees before resentment spirals.
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    Crypto’s Well-Worn Path to Crisis

    Xavier Vives writes that, despite the novelty of the assets, the narrative of FTX’s collapse was established long ago.
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    The Unavoidable Crash

    Nouriel Roubini anticipates a stagflationary debt crisis, owing to a dangerous combination of inflation and over-borrowing.
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    War Over Taiwan?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers whether a deterrence arrangement that has worked for 50 years is still sufficient.
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    The Contested Fed

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    By all accounts, central banks – particularly the Fed, because the dollar is still the world’s dominant currency – already act as investment authorities. But their recent bailouts have exacerbated economic inequality, and have done little or nothing to address climate change.

     reviews three books that, each in its own way, reveal a central truth about the world’s leading central bank.
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    The Economics of Mainstreaming Climate Action

    Jean Pisani-Ferry & Selma Mahfouz identify the risks and short-term costs associated with the energy transition over the next decade.
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    Killing Twitter

    Antara Haldar explains what Elon Musk fundamentally misunderstands about the platform – and about free speech.

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