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Sandile Hlatshwayo

Sandile Hlatshwayo

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Sandile Hlatshwayo recently received her PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and will join the International Monetary Fund in the fall.

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  1. Should We Be Worried About Productivity Trends?
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    Should We Be Worried About Productivity Trends?

    Jun 29, 2017 Sandile Hlatshwayo & Michael Spence argue that economists' focus on GDP and income growth misses a more fundamental question.

  2. Jobs and Structure in the Global Economy
    ce37f30346f86f380effd21e_pa2566c.jpg Paul Lachine

    Jobs and Structure in the Global Economy

    Mar 16, 2011 Sandile Hlatshwayo & Michael Spence

  3. The Evolving Structure of Global Growth
    75d3dc0246f86fc00bf1da13_jo4121c.jpg John Overmyer

    The Evolving Structure of Global Growth

    Feb 14, 2011 Sandile Hlatshwayo & Michael Spence

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    Can Europe Create an Innovation Economy?

    Philippe Aghion, et al. explain what EU member states must do to stop falling further behind the United States economically.
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    Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Are a Gift to the Rich

    Simon Johnson cites research showing that middle-class US households would foot the bill.
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    Building a Buffer Against Food-Price Shocks

    Isabella M. Weber, et al. urge Brazil and South Africa, as successive G20 presidents, to devise a new stabilization playbook.
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    Nothing New on the Middle Eastern Front

    Slavoj Žižek sees developments in the year since October 7, 2023, as the logical realization of long-standing potentialities.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Are an Opportunity for Harris

    Harold James urges the Democratic presidential candidate to reject the new consensus against free trade.
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    A Dangerous Dance for Israel and Iran

    Abbas Milani sees both countries walking a tightrope to maintain deterrence without provoking a full-blown war.
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    The Bloody Path of Alberto Fujimori’s Neoliberalism

    Antara Haldar assesses the former Peruvian president’s legacy of free-market reform and death-squad dictatorship.
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    The Middle East’s Deadly Dream Palaces

    Shlomo Ben-Ami traces the delusions of Arab, Iranian, and Israeli leaders that have kept the region mired in violence.
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    Making Sense of Russia’s War Economy

    Konstantin Sonin

    Despite the apparent resilience of Russia's economy, Vladimir Putin’s full-scale war against Ukraine comes at a high economic cost. Not only does it require today’s Russians to live a worse life than they otherwise would have done; it also condemns future generations to the same.

    explains the apparent resilience of growth and employment in the face of increasingly tight sanctions.

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