Jomo Kwame Sundaram

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Jomo Kwame Sundaram was Assistant Director-General and Coordinator for Economic and Social Development in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.

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Free Trade’s Diminishing Returns
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Free Trade’s Diminishing Returns

Aug 5, 2016 Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Vladimir Popov suggest that free-trade deals neither raise advanced-economy incomes, nor serve poor countries.

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How to End Hunger
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How to End Hunger

Jul 8, 2016 Hilal Elver & Jomo Kwame Sundaram underscore the need to raise the world's shockingly low levels of social protection.

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The Trans-Pacific Shell Game
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The Trans-Pacific Shell Game

Jun 1, 2016 Jomo Kwame Sundaram skewers the exaggerated claims being made about the recently signed TPP trade deal.

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Fat’s Heavy Burden
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Fat’s Heavy Burden

Jul 20, 2015 Jomo Kwame Sundaram makes a strong case for coordinated action aimed at reducing obesity worldwide.

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The Good-Governance Trap
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The Good-Governance Trap

Jun 24, 2015 Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Michael T. Clark identify a better approach to fostering economic and social development.

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Restoring Central Banks’ Credibility

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.