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Vera Songwe

Vera Songwe

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Vera Songwe is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa.

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    Why Biden Is Better Than Trump for the Economy

    Nouriel Roubini

    The presumption that Republicans are better than Democrats at economic stewardship is a longstanding myth that must be debunked. For all Americans who care about their and their children’s future, the right choice this November could not be clearer.

     debunks the longstanding myth that Republicans are better than Democrats for growth, jobs, and markets.
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    Multilateralism Will Survive the Great Fracture

    Ngaire Woods

    Although China and the US are strategic rivals, each depends on global markets, finance, and innovation, and needs to co-opt other countries and regions in order to sustain its own power. For this reason, both will use multilateralism, formal and informal, to protect the system within which they have flourished and to solidify their alliances.

     highlights three reasons why today's Sino-American rivalry will not prove fatal for international cooperation.
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