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Minouche Shafik

Minouche Shafik

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Minouche Shafik is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and author of What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society (Princeton University Press, 2021).

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  1. The Pandemic and Our Broken Social Contracts
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    The Pandemic and Our Broken Social Contracts

    Jan 21, 2022 Minouche Shafik shows why confronting problems like COVID-19 will require a broader political overhaul.

  2. Toward a New Social Contract
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    Toward a New Social Contract

    Dec 26, 2019 Minouche Shafik explains how welfare states will need to change to manage demographic, technological, and economic pressures.

  3. Restoring Trust in Expertise
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    Restoring Trust in Expertise

    Mar 1, 2017 Minouche Shafik proposes several steps to revive public trust in those shaping consequential policy decisions.

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    Ending the Austerity Pandemic

    Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins warn that governments are returning to the same failed belt-tightening policies of the past.
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    The Hard-Won Benefits of Soft Diplomacy

    Kishore Mahbubani praises Indonesia's more consultative and culturally attuned approach to international affairs.
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    China After Zero-COVID

    Qian Liu thinks the protests made it easier for officials to exit a policy that a faltering economy had made untenable.
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    China’s Zero-COVID Muddle

    Minxin Pei

    Chinese leaders’ refusal to adopt a clear stance on zero-COVID is pure politics: nobody wants to be blamed for whatever surge in infections, hospitalizations, and deaths follows a reopening. But the longer the authorities attempt to avoid responsibility and muddle through, the greater the risk to public health.

     warns that the government’s refusal to devise a comprehensive and systematic exit strategy could create the worst of two worlds.
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    FIFA’s World Cup Follies

    Ian Buruma dives into the thicket of fatuousness, hypocrisy, and greed that the tournament has become.
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    The Plight of Public Schools in Africa

    Palesa Libe highlights the toll that the pandemic has taken on lower-income students across the continent.
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    The Scope for More Multilateral Climate Finance

    Frannie Leautier, et al. highlight the crucial role multilateral development banks must play in funding large-scale green projects.
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    Eco-Economic Development

    David Malpass sees declining fish stocks as a case study of why nature must be central to countries’ growth models.
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    Higher Immigration or Higher Interest Rates for America?

    Ricardo Hausmann & Dany Bahar explain why the persistence of Trump-era xenophobia among US policymakers could lead to economic stagnation.

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