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Jules Kortenhorst

Jules Kortenhorst

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Jules Kortenhorst is CEO of RMI.

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  1. Clean Energy Has Won the Economic Race
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    Clean Energy Has Won the Economic Race

    Oct 25, 2021 Jules Kortenhorst highlights new research findings showing that renewables are poised to crush fossil fuels in the market.

  2. Greening the Hardest Sectors
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    Greening the Hardest Sectors

    Sep 27, 2021 Jules Kortenhorst explains what it will take to decarbonize traditionally hard-to-abate sectors of the global economy.

  3. The Mother of News Stories
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    The Mother of News Stories

    Apr 7, 2021 Jules Kortenhorst urges more support for reporting and analysis that improves the public's understanding of the climate crisis.

  4. The New Measure of Corporate Success
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    The New Measure of Corporate Success

    Mar 29, 2021 Michel Fredeau & Jules Kortenhorst say that CEOs who ignore decarbonization risk setting up their companies to fail in the net-zero economy.

  5. Climate Hope Is Back
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    Climate Hope Is Back

    Dec 28, 2020 Jules Kortenhorst & Andreas Kuhlmann see in the US election result a unique opportunity for concerted action by the world's leading economies.

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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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