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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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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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