Lee Howell

Writing for PS since 2013
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Lee Howell is a member of the Management Board of the World Economic Forum.

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Long Live Globalization
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Long Live Globalization

Jan 16, 2019 Lee Howell calls for the creation of a more resilient institutional architecture to account for four key developments.

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Looking Beyond Lehman
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Looking Beyond Lehman

Sep 17, 2018 Lee Howell calls for less obsessing over the business cycle and more attention to the effects of new technologies.

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The False Narrative of Realpolitik
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The False Narrative of Realpolitik

Oct 9, 2017 Lee Howell calls for a shared narrative of global cooperation in the face of a US-led emphasis on national sovereignty.

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Systems at Risk
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Systems at Risk

Jan 8, 2013 Lee Howell

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Andrés Velasco

Policy gurus spend too much time with others like them – top civil servants, high-flying journalists, successful businesspeople – and too little time with ordinary voters. If they could become “humble, competent people on a level with dentists,” as John Maynard Keynes once suggested, voters might identify with them and find them trustworthy.

Don’t Feed the Donald

Shlomo Ben-Ami

For Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeasing US President Donald Trump is not so much a choice as a necessity: he must prove to Japan’s people and their neighbors, particularly the Chinese, that he knows how to keep Trump on his side. But Abe's strategy won't work with a US administration as fickle and self-serving as Trump’s.