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Nicholas Agar

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Nicholas Agar is a New Zealand philosopher who has written extensively on the human consequences of technological change. His latest book is How to Be Human in the Digital Economy.

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The Social Solution to Automation
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The Social Solution to Automation

Mar 1, 2019 Nicholas Agar calls for most work to be repurposed for humans' gregarious nature, rather than strictly productive needs.

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Getting to Net-Zero Emissions
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Getting to Net-Zero Emissions

Johan Rockström says that, to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon world, governments must change the rules of the game.

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How to Renew the Social Contract
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How to Renew the Social Contract

Kemal Derviş & Caroline Conroy urge democratic governments to adapt their policies to the digital age and help provide global public goods.

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Corporate America in the Crossfire
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Corporate America in the Crossfire

Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng

The US may have a trade deficit with the rest of the world, but its multinational companies have a major surplus when it comes to sales in foreign markets – especially China. If the US-China trade war continues to escalate, these firms will be, as US President Donald Trump might put it, the biggest losers.

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Trump’s Art of the Spin
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Trump’s Art of the Spin

Stephen S. Roach

Policy blunders of epic proportions have become the rule, not the exception, for the US administration. The toxic combination of ill-timed fiscal stimulus, aggressive imposition of tariffs, and unprecedented attacks on the Federal Reserve demands a far more critical assessment of Trumponomics.

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How Developing Countries Can Achieve Universal Health Coverage
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How Developing Countries Can Achieve Universal Health Coverage

Jörg Reinhardt highlights Vietnam's highly successful, though still incomplete, quest to broaden access to quality care.

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How to Save the Internet
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How to Save the Internet

Shamel Azmeh argues that tackling inequalities in the digital economy can help to stem the tide of government regulation.

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The Gulf of Deniability
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The Gulf of Deniability

John Andrews urges the United States and its allies not to overreact to recent attacks on shipping in the region.

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America’s Bipartisan Climate-Policy Failure
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America’s Bipartisan Climate-Policy Failure

Mark Paul & Connor Rupp hope a growing chorus of new voices can bring an end to the Democratic Party's “climate-change denial lite.”

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