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Ricardo Hausmann

Ricardo Hausmann

Writing for PS since 2001
111 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

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Ricardo Hausmann, a former minister of planning of Venezuela and former chief economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, is a professor at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Director of the Harvard Growth Lab.

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  1. The Supply Side of Decarbonization
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    The Supply Side of Decarbonization

    May 30, 2023 Ricardo Hausmann touts strategies that create incentives for developing countries to produce renewables and other green goods.

  2. ChatGPT’s Lessons for Economic Development
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    ChatGPT’s Lessons for Economic Development

    May 8, 2023 Ricardo Hausmann suggests that the unexpected achievements of large language models hold a valuable lesson for policymakers.

  3. Dodgy Climate Finance
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    Dodgy Climate Finance

    Mar 30, 2023 Ricardo Hausmann argues that many assistance programs misrepresent the amount of aid being provided.

  4. The Left’s Capital Punishment
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    The Left’s Capital Punishment

    Feb 28, 2023 Ricardo Hausmann urges leftist governments in Latin America to adopt a more market-oriented approach.

  5. Why Industrial Policy Is Back
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    Why Industrial Policy Is Back

    Jan 26, 2023 Ricardo Hausmann explains why economic theory has finally begun to catch up with centuries of economic practice.

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    National Sovereignty’s Silver Lining

    Dani Rodrik

    Despite the dire predictions that have accompanied the decline of global governance, less international cooperation does not necessarily mean disaster. In fact, national governments can prioritize domestic prosperity and social cohesion over multilateralism without harming the global economy.

    explains how countries can help the global economy by pursuing their own economic-policy agendas.
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    Russia’s New Rasputin

    Nina L. Khrushcheva suggests that Yevgeny Prigozhin's escalating attacks on the country's elites reflect the regime's decadence.
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    Macron and the Future of Françafrique

    Hippolyte Fofack urges France to abandon its extractive colonial model as it seeks to rebalance relations with the continent.
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    The View from Poland

    Adam Michnik interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross

    Although Russia's war in Ukraine has galvanized Polish society and elevated the country's status internationally, it is also obscuring some deeply troubling domestic political developments. Whether liberal democracy will prevail over reactionary authoritarianism in Poland is now an open question.

    about recent domestic and geopolitical developments that will shape the country's future.
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    Nationalists Abroad

    Ian Buruma explains how displacement can make expatriates and minorities more susceptible to extremist ideologies.
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    All Talk, No Dialogue on Asian Security

    Richard Maude considers the implications of the complete collapse of defense diplomacy between the US and China.
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    How AI Can Even the Climate Playing Field

    Maxwell Gomera shows how artificial intelligence can strengthen low-income countries' hand in global negotiations.
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    Strengthening the Global Balance Sheet

    Olivia White, et al. outline four medium-term scenarios for the world economy, each implying dramatically different outcomes.
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    The Ukraine-Russia Culture War

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko & Ilona Sologoub survey the heated battles that have been playing out far from the physical battlefield.

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