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Stephen Matlin

Writing for PS since 2016
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Stephen Matlin is an adjunct professor at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London.

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Tackling Science’s Gender-Parity Problem
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Tackling Science’s Gender-Parity Problem

Feb 9, 2018 Stephen Matlin, et al. think that 150 years is long enough for women scientists to wait for equal opportunities.

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Why Scientists Are Marching
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Why Scientists Are Marching

Apr 17, 2017 Stephen Matlin, et al. offer a blueprint to reassert the role of facts in a world increasingly governed by emotion.

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Why Haven’t We Ended Polio?
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Why Haven’t We Ended Polio?

Oct 20, 2016 Ilona Kickbusch, et al. say we know how to eradicate the disease, but need political resolve to finish the job.

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Social Policy Starts at Home
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Social Policy Starts at Home

Shahra Razavi advocates a family-oriented approach to tackling poverty and promoting gender equality.

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The End of “Peak Germany” and the Return of France
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The End of “Peak Germany” and the Return of France

Jacek Rostowski & Arnab Das

Europe works best, as the old quip has it, with the Russians out, the Germans down, and the Americans in. Today’s new European order has the Russians up, the Germans on the way down, the Americans potentially bowing out, Britons struggling toward Brexit – and France rising.

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The Case for a Guaranteed Job
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The Case for a Guaranteed Job

Robert Skidelsky

The debate over government job-guarantee programs is partly one of economic theory. But the main issue is politics: the size of the state, its proper economic role, and the resources the state needs.

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Hungary’s Holocaust Simulacrum
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Hungary’s Holocaust Simulacrum

Andrea Pető thinks increasingly simplified, high-tech museum exhibitions about the tragedy reflect a dangerous shift.

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Good Jobs for Disabled Workers
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Good Jobs for Disabled Workers

Brian Malika proposes ways to overcome the formidable labor-market challenges that confront too many talented job seekers.

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A Wake-Up Call for Human Rights
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A Wake-Up Call for Human Rights

James A. Goldston says advocacy groups alone cannot repel the current populist onslaught on liberal values.

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When Leninists Overreach
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When Leninists Overreach

Nina L. Khrushcheva suspects that Russia and China's leaders may be losing support among their respective country's elites.

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Tilting at More than Windmills in South Asia
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Tilting at More than Windmills in South Asia

Richard N. Haass says that South Asia remains at best a region to be managed, not a problem to be solved.

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