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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Italy’s Turn Against Europe

Jul 20, 2018 Lucrezia Reichlin shows why the new populist government's domestic rhetoric and policies jeopardize the entire bloc.

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Why the World Cup Mattered

Jul 20, 2018 Dominique Moisi saw tolerance and openness prevail over populism and toxic nationalism at the tournament this year.

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No Robo-Apocalypse

Jul 20, 2018 Mark Paul argues that we should be much more worried about bad policymaking than automation and artificial intelligence.

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Can Multilateralism Survive?

Jul 20, 2018 Kemal Derviş argues that a misreading of global power dynamics is undermining the effort to save multilateralism.

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PS. In Theory: Rethinking Austerity

Jul 20, 2018 PS editors explain why the neoliberal model of the past half-century is looking increasingly anachronistic.

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What Trump Gets Wrong About EU Defense

Jul 19, 2018 Javier Solana points out that Europe's efforts to bolster its own security are often frustrated by the US itself.

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Rewriting Europe’s Narrative

Jul 19, 2018 Shlomo Ben-Ami says the foundational rationale that has long supported the European Union needs to be reimagined.

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China’s Currency Catch-22

Jul 19, 2018 Paola Subacchi argues that China's approach to managing the renminbi's dollar exchange rate has painted it into a corner.

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