Kaushik Basu

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Kaushik Basu, former Chief Economist of the World Bank and former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, is Professor of Economics at Cornell University and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

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What Should Economists Be Doing?
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What Should Economists Be Doing?

Nov 28, 2019 Kaushik Basu says challenging some ingrained beliefs could help the discipline better understand a fast-changing world.

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How to Tame Big Tech
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How to Tame Big Tech

Oct 31, 2019 Kaushik Basu urges leaders who seek to tackle the outsize power of digital platforms to think beyond antitrust laws.

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America’s Argentina Risk
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America’s Argentina Risk

Sep 26, 2019 Kaushik Basu fears that Donald Trump could be taking the United States down a path similar to another once-rich country.

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Corrupt Anti-Corruption Campaigns
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Corrupt Anti-Corruption Campaigns

Aug 28, 2019 Kaushik Basu shows how politically motivated pledges to clean up government can end up undermining democracy.

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The Language of Conflict
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The Language of Conflict

Jul 24, 2019 Kaushik Basu argues that more research on the link between words and political polarization could yield huge benefits.

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Is Growth Passé?

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Some suggest that the Paris climate agreement’s target for limiting global warming can be achieved only by stopping economic expansion. But there is ample room to change the quality of growth and significantly reduce its environmental impact without condemning billions of people to lives of deprivation.

The Policy Debate Europe Needs

Barry Eichengreen

How can the eurozone get the fiscal stimulus it needs, and which European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is urging, in the face of the refusal by some countries, starting with Germany, to run budget deficits? There is a good answer, but it doesn't involve attempting to cicumvent the intent of the ECB's statute.