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Teresa Ghilarducci

Teresa Ghilarducci

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Teresa Ghilarducci is Professor of Economics at The New School for Social Research.

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  1. Teresa Ghilarducci on US debt, the retirement age, Social Security, and more
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    Teresa Ghilarducci on US debt, the retirement age, Social Security, and more

    Aug 29, 2023 Teresa Ghilarducci considers what we should learn from the recent downgrade of America’s long-term credit rating, praises the Biden administration’s contributions to worker power, suggests how to tackle rising poverty among the elderly, and more.

  2. What a Republican US Congress Would Mean
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    What a Republican US Congress Would Mean

    Nov 3, 2022 Laura Tyson & Teresa Ghilarducci warn that a GOP midterm victory would reduce Americans’ living standards and threaten their democracy.

  3. A Post-COVID Labor Revival?
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    A Post-COVID Labor Revival?

    Jan 11, 2021 Teresa Ghilarducci hopes that the pandemic-induced economic crisis will finally spur US policymakers to put workers first.

  4. Will the US Pandemic Response Strengthen Workers?
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    Will the US Pandemic Response Strengthen Workers?

    Mar 25, 2020 Teresa Ghilarducci presses policymakers to gear emergency legislation toward improving long-term outcomes for labor.

  5. Roundtable: The West’s Decade of Despair
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    Roundtable: The West’s Decade of Despair

    Sep 28, 2018 Robert J. Shiller interviewed by Stephen S. Roach, et al. discuss the economic and political legacy of the 2008 financial crisis.

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    How to Rebuild Trust in Public Institutions

    Eleanor Carter & Carolyn J. Heinrich highlight the value of face-to-face interactions at a time when governments are phasing out in-person services.
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    Is Trump Above the Law?

    Nancy Isenberg

    Contrary to what former US President Donald Trump would have the American public believe, no president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. To suggest otherwise is to reject a bedrock principle of American democracy: the president is not a monarch.

    explains why the US Supreme Court must reject the former president's claim to immunity from prosecution.
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    Ukraine Is Far From Doomed

    Tatyana Deryugina & Anastassia Fedyk

    When comparing Ukraine’s situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible. But it will require the West, and the US in particular, to put aside domestic political squabbles and muster the political will to provide Ukraine with consistent and robust military and financial assistance.

    compare Russia's full-scale invasion to World War II and see reason to hope – as long as aid keeps flowing.
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    The Pandemic Financing Developing Countries Need

    Rachel Glennerster urges multilateral development banks to establish mechanisms that enable at-risk vaccine purchases.
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    The Geopolitics of Africa’s Debt Crisis

    Anne O. Krueger urges developed countries to back efforts by the IMF and the World Bank to promote growth-enhancing reforms.
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    Why the EU’s New Migration Pact Matters

    Ana Palacio applauds the pragmatic coalition-building, especially by Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, that enabled the deal.
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    AI Needs UN Oversight

    Peter G. Kirchschläger calls for the creation of a watchdog – similar to the IAEA – that employs a human rights-based approach.
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    The West Is Hastening Its Own Decline

    Brahma Chellaney argues that the unprecedented US and European sanctions against Russia are backfiring.
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    Canceling Palestine

    Slavoj Žižek worries that the double standards applied on Israel’s behalf will lead to an anti-Semitic backlash.

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