Steven J. Klees

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Steven J. Klees, an economist, is Professor of International Education Policy at the University of Maryland and a co-editor of The World Bank and Education: Critiques and Alternatives.

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Financing Universal Education
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Financing Universal Education

Aug 3, 2017 Steven J. Klees proposes alternatives to market-fundamentalist approaches to international aid.

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The False Promise of Cost-Benefit Analysis
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The False Promise of Cost-Benefit Analysis

Jun 1, 2017 Steven J. Klees explains why technocrats' most important tool is all but useless for making sound policy choices.

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Pro-Growth is Not Pro-Poor
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Pro-Growth is Not Pro-Poor

Oct 9, 2015 Steven J. Klees makes the case that inequality can be addressed only through redistributive policies.

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Getting Universal Education Right

Getting Universal Education Right

Sep 23, 2015 Steven J. Klees warns that the SDGs for education will not be met if more funding is not made available.

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Austria and the Plot Against Europe

Charles Tannock

The collapse of Austria’s government has revealed how extensive Russian manipulation of Europe's politics has become. The question every European democrat of the left, right, and center must now ask is whether the true scope and scale of the political, moral, and material corruption of Europe’s far-right parties has been exposed in time.

The Global Consequences of a Sino-American Cold War

Nouriel Roubini

What started as a trade war between the United States and China is quickly escalating into a death match for global economic, technological, and military dominance. If the two countries' leaders cannot manage the defining relationship of the twenty-first century responsibly, the entire world will bear the costs of their failure.