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Martín Guzmán

Martín Guzmán

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Martín Guzmán, a former minister of economy of Argentina, is a professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

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  1. Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal
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    Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal

    Sep 30, 2024 C.P. Chandrasekhar, et al. urge the country’s new government to eschew austerity and reject the debt-restructuring deal with bondholders.

  2. The IMF Must End Its Destructive Surcharges
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    The IMF Must End Its Destructive Surcharges

    Sep 16, 2024 Joseph E. Stiglitz, et al. decry the counterproductive practice of imposing additional fees on countries in debt distress.

  3. Debt and Disease
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    Debt and Disease

    Jan 5, 2021 Martín Guzmán shares lessons from Argentina's successful sovereign-debt restructuring amid the COVID-19 crisis.

  4. An Interview with Martín Guzmán
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    An Interview with Martín Guzmán

    Dec 22, 2020 Martín Guzmán examines the lessons of Argentina’s recent debt restructuring, considers the applications of his (and Joseph Stiglitz’s) theory of “pseudo-wealth,” and shows what Dostoyevsky understood about economics.

  5. Five Principles for the Pandemic
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    Five Principles for the Pandemic

    Mar 27, 2020 Martín Guzmán explains where policymakers should focus their attention in responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

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    What Will Trump’s Victory Mean for the Climate?

    Gernot Wagner notes that the president-elect’s proposed policies will mainly harm America, not the global energy transition.
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    The Causes and Consequences of Trump’s Comeback

    Shlomo Ben-Ami considers the reasons for – and implications of – US Democrats’ resounding election failure.
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    The Laugh Is on the Democrats

    Ian Buruma sees Donald Trump’s victory as a rebellion of the culturally dispossessed who relish his insult comedy.
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    The EU Must Break Up Big Tech

    Cori Crider explains how reining in digital giants’ outsize power would boost competition and help combat climate change.
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    The Case for Solidarity Levies

    A promising way to mobilize more climate finance for developing countries is to expand the use of “solidarity levies”: global levies on carbon dioxide emissions and other economic activities that channel proceeds to developing countries. The benefits of scaling up such measures would be far-reaching.

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    Living in Trump’s World

    Mark Leonard explains what European leaders must do to prepare for the radical changes promised by the US president-elect.
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    PS Roundtable: The Return of Trump

    PS Commentators

    Although Americans – and the world – have been spared the kind of agonizing uncertainty that followed the 2020 election, a different kind of uncertainty has set in. While few doubt that Donald Trump's comeback will have far-reaching implications, most observers are only beginning to come to grips with what those could be.

    consider what the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election will mean for America and the world.
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    Inequality Is Destroying Mental Health

    Olivier De Schutter & Kate Pickett propose raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to improve well-being in unequal countries.
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    How Europe Could Benefit from Trump’s Second Term

    Daniel Gros urges policymakers to focus on defusing trade tensions with the bloc’s largest export partner.

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