
Fighting Climate Change Means Fighting Organized Crime
Mar 12, 2019 , et al. warn that illegal Amazon mining threatens to derail global efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Robert Muggah is co-founder of the Igarapé Institute and SecDev Group. His new book on global challenges, co-authored with Ian Goldin, is forthcoming in 2019 from Penguin Random House.
Mar 12, 2019 , et al. warn that illegal Amazon mining threatens to derail global efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
Jan 4, 2019 & argue that in 2019, policymakers must rethink the past 30 years of policies for managing globalization.
Oct 5, 2018 worries that conditions are ripe for a strongman to come to power in South America's largest country.
Mar 30, 2018 & push back against the widespread view that populist authoritarianism is the new game in town.
Feb 13, 2018 & explain the country's history of ambivalence toward the US-dominated post-war international order.
The old central-bank playbook of slashing interest rates to spur consumption, investment, and employment has become less effective since the 2008 financial crisis. Yet without effective tools and the public's confidence, central banks will be unable to rise to the occasion when the next recession arrives.
More inclusive global growth in a world with free capital mobility does not require a “global” government that taxes and redistributes, but it does require global taxation and tax cooperation. Countries should be free to set their own taxes, but they should be required to share tax-relevant information.
French President Emmanuel Macron has drawn criticism for describing NATO as brain dead and pursuing a rapprochement with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But now that a wayward America could abandon the continent at any moment, Macron's argument for European defense autonomy is difficult to refute.