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Robert H. Dugger

Robert H. Dugger

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Robert H. Dugger is Managing Partner at Hanover Provident Capital LLC.

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  1. The US Federal Reserve’s Debt Purchases Are a Warning
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    The US Federal Reserve’s Debt Purchases Are a Warning

    Mar 9, 2020 David Ahn & Robert H. Dugger urge policymakers to address new generation-spanning challenges with a wartime sense of urgency.

  2. Modern Monetary Inevitabilities
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    Modern Monetary Inevitabilities

    May 27, 2019 Robert H. Dugger thinks central-bank-financed stimulus will be the only option when the next major debt crisis arrives.

  3. The Dred Scott of Climate Change?
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    The Dred Scott of Climate Change?

    Nov 16, 2018 Robert H. Dugger argues that the US federal courts should recognize the constitutional rights of future generations.

  4. America’s Hidden Debt
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    America’s Hidden Debt

    Aug 24, 2018 Daniel Blitz & Robert H. Dugger warn that official budget measures ignore the liabilities associated with infrastructure and climate change.

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    Artificial Idiocy

    Slavoj Žižek

    The problem with the new chatbots is not just that they are often stupid and naive; it is that they are not “stupid” or “naive” enough to pick up on the nuances, ironies, and revealing contradictions that constitute human culture and communication. Worse, by relying on them, we risk succumbing to the same obtuseness.

    fears that the rise of powerful chatbots will spell the death of irony and nuance in human thought.
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    Localizing Development Research

    Julia Kaufman & Jane Kabubo-Mariara explain why funders should be providing more long-term resources to researchers in developing countries.
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    The Simplest Fix for Banking

    Jan Eeckhout

    Following the latest banking crisis, monetary authorities should seriously consider how modern digital technologies could be used to avert such problems in the future. A central bank digital currency would both eliminate many barriers to financial transactions and end the risk of bank runs once and for all.

    explains how central bank digital currencies would end bank runs and banks' excessive risk-taking.
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    America’s Interest in Ending the Ukraine Crisis

    Brahma Chellaney explains why prolonging the conflict risks realizing the West’s worst geopolitical nightmare.
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    America’s Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive

    Anne O. Krueger laments that the Biden administration is adding red tape to an inefficient subsidy program.
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    Who Gets Squeezed by Austerity?

    Christy Braham urges governments to reject calls for budget cuts and invest in the welfare of billions of vulnerable workers.
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    America’s Financial Regulatory System Is Still Broken

    Howard Davies laments that the post-2008 Dodd-Frank reforms left in place a framework riddled with structural shortcomings.
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    The Water Crisis Is a Vital Investment Opportunity

    Ambroise Fayolle & Henk Ovink calls for new thinking about how we value the planet’s most important natural resource.
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    PS Events: What Economics Is Missing

    PS editors present the What Economics is Missing event.

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