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Laura Tyson

Laura Tyson

Writing for PS since 2012
117 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Laura Tyson, a former chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration, is a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the Board of Advisers at Angeleno Group.

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  1. California Leads the Way on Climate
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    California Leads the Way on Climate

    Dec 28, 2023 Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca show how the Golden State has made meaningful progress within and beyond its borders by testing new ideas.

  2. The New Industrial Policy and Its Critics
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    The New Industrial Policy and Its Critics

    Nov 17, 2023 Laura Tyson & John Zysman explain how a government-led economic strategy can promote market competition and innovation.

  3. To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism
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    To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism

    Sep 20, 2023 Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify promising new models and philanthropic initiatives geared toward supporting independent media.

  4. The Local Threat to American Democracy
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    The Local Threat to American Democracy

    Jul 18, 2023 Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca document widening efforts by Republicans and their allies to stifle the will of voters.

  5. Revitalizing American Democracy Where It Counts
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    Revitalizing American Democracy Where It Counts

    Feb 21, 2023 Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca show how and why ballot initiatives are gaining momentum as a means of overcoming legislative obstruction.

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    The Global Economy’s Biggest Untapped Resource

    At the current rate of progress, it will take about 300 years to end child marriage, 286 years to deliver full gender equality under the law, and 140 years to achieve equal representation in leadership positions in the workplace, the United Nations reports. This moral failure is compounded by its enormous opportunity cost: a massive improvement in human welfare.

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    Does Religious Freedom Trump Animal Welfare?

    Peter Singer assesses the European Court of Human Rights’ recent ruling on Belgian legislation regarding how meat may be produced.
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    Climate Leadership from the Global South

    Omar Andrés Camacho & Soipan Tuya tout the progress Colombia and Kenya have made in advancing the clean-energy transition.
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    The Mystery of US Interest Rates

    J. Bradford DeLong asks why market rates and expectations are far from what almost anyone would have anticipated five years ago.
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    India’s Poor Will Not Be Wished Away

    Ashoka Mody highlights the authorities’ ongoing failure to provide an accurate picture of growing economic hardship.
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    How Wide Are Latin America’s Health Inequalities?

    Dolores de la Mata outlines how the poorest and least educated are bearing the brunt of the region’s disease burden.
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    The Biden Administration vs. Climate Youth

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    The judicial system is an important mechanism through which the public can hold elected leaders accountable; and for children who cannot yet vote, it is one of the only options. That makes the Biden administration's tenacious efforts to block a climate lawsuit filed by youth activists all the more galling.

    decries US efforts to block a lawsuit demanding that policymakers consider emissions in their decisions.
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    Indian Democracy’s Moment of Truth

    Shashi Tharoor warns that the ruling BJP will do everything it can to curtail dissent ahead of this year's general election.
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    The Anatomy of the Biden-Trump Rematch

    Michael J. Boskin surveys the complicated mix of economic and other issues that will likely decide the 2024 election.

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