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Urban Backstrom

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Urban Backstrom is Director General of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and a former State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance who was charged with managing the 1991-1993 Swedish banking crisis.

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Sweden’s Lessons for Managing Financial Crisis

Oct 12, 2009 Urban Backstrom

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Is Hothouse Earth Avoidable?

Oct 17, 2018 Johan Rockström, et al. insist that there is only one way to protect our economies and societies in the long term.

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The End of Scandinavian Non-Alignment

Oct 17, 2018 Carl Bildt explains why participation by Sweden and Finland in NATO defense drills in Norway this fall is so significant.

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Will Italy Sink Europe?

Oct 17, 2018 Jim O'Neill thinks the EU has a strong interest in not opposing the Italian government's budget plans too aggressively.

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PS [In Depth]: Deconstructing the Urbanization Challenge

Oct 17, 2018 PS editors take a closer look at the multi-faceted – and inexorable – global migration from rural areas to cities.

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The “No-Growth” Prescription for Misery

Oct 17, 2018 Bjørn Lomborg calls hypocrisy on a new movement promoting economic stasis in the name of saving the planet.

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The Case Against National AI Strategies

Oct 17, 2018 Mark Esposito, et al. argue that countries have more to gain from cooperation and data-sharing than from zero-sum competition.

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America’s Ongoing Civil War

Oct 16, 2018 Jeffrey D. Sachs traces today's deep political divide to the legacy of slavery and its aftermath in the former Confederacy

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PS. Explain This: The Animal Spirits of Women Entrepreneurs

Oct 16, 2018 PS editors examine the challenges confronting female business owners in developing countries.

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