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Seki Obata

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Seki Obata is a professor at Keio University's Graduate School of Business Administration and a former official in Japan’s Ministry of Finance.

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The Missing Arrow of Abenomics

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May 15, 2015 Seki Obata & Georges Desvaux argue that Japan’s economic future depends on whether its companies can boost productivity growth.

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Hurricanes at the Ballot Box

Sep 19, 2018 Vinod Thomas says extreme weather is an opportunity to hold elected officials accountable for climate change.

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Europe’s Refugee Scandal

Sep 18, 2018 Gordon Brown calls for increased funding to deliver education to the world's millions of displaced boys and girls.

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PS [In Depth]: Women’s Economic Empowerment

Sep 18, 2018 PS editors examine the most common obstacles holding back 50% of the workforce in many developing countries.

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The Emerging World’s High Achievers

Sep 18, 2018 Anu Madgavkar & Jeongmin Seong look at the factors that have enabled some economies to achieve particularly robust and consistent growth.

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The Immorality of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump

Sep 18, 2018 Chris Patten argues that leaders should be judged not by their personal lives, but by their commitment to truth.

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Education for Fragile States

Sep 18, 2018 Homi Kharas & Rebecca Winthrop make the case that the path to lasting stability and prosperity begins in quality schools.

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Looking Beyond Lehman

Sep 17, 2018 Lee Howell calls for less obsessing over the business cycle and more attention to the effects of new technologies.

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The Global Trade System Could Break Down

Sep 17, 2018 Anne O. Krueger says the Trump administration is undermining a key post-war institution, both in spirit and in letter.

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