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  1. Gordon Brown

    Gordon Brown

    Writing for PS since 2010
    119 Commentaries

    Gordon Brown, a former prime minister of the United Kingdom, is UN Special Envoy for Global Education and Chair of Education Cannot Wait.

  2. Gaston Browne

    Gaston Browne

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Gaston Browne is Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda.

  3. Cristina Caffarra

    Cristina Caffarra

    Writing for PS since 2023
    3 Commentaries

    Cristina Caffarra, Co-Founder and Vice Chair of the Competition Research Policy Network at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, is an honorary professor at University College London.

  4. Jennifer Clapp

    Jennifer Clapp

    Writing for PS since 2023
    2 Commentaries

    Jennifer Clapp, an expert panel member at the IPES-Food think tank, is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

  5. Dag Detter

    Dag Detter

    Writing for PS since 2017
    5 Commentaries

    Dag Detter, Principal at Detter & Co, is an investment adviser and a former president of Stattum, the Swedish National Wealth Fund, where he led the restructuring of the government’s $70 billion portfolio of enterprises and real estate.

  6. Bill Dudley

    Bill Dudley

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Bill Dudley is Chair of the Bretton Woods Committee and former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  7. Sylvain Duranton

    Sylvain Duranton

    Writing for PS since 2025
    2 Commentaries

    Sylvain Duranton is Global Leader of BCG X.

  8. Wolfgang Fengler

    Wolfgang Fengler

    Writing for PS since 2024
    4 Commentaries

    Wolfgang Fengler, a former lead economist at the World Bank, is CEO of World Data Lab.

  9. Jorge  Heine

    Jorge Heine

    Writing for PS since 2023
    5 Commentaries

    Jorge Heine is a research professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.

  10. Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

    Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven is Managing Director of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

  11. Ekhosuehi Iyahen

    Ekhosuehi Iyahen

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Ekhosuehi Iyahen is Secretary General of the Insurance Development Forum.

  12. Tawakkol Karman

    Tawakkol Karman

    Writing for PS since 2024
    2 Commentaries

    Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni human-rights activist, is the first woman from the Arab world to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

  13. Tom Krebs

    Tom Krebs

    Writing for PS since 2023
    3 Commentaries

    Tom Krebs, a former senior adviser at the German Finance Ministry, is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim and a member of the German Minimum Wage Commission.

  14. Desmond Lachman

    Desmond Lachman

    Writing for PS since 2025
    4 Commentaries

    Desmond Lachman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is a former deputy director of the International Monetary Fund’s Policy Development and Review Department and a former chief emerging-market economic strategist at Salomon Smith Barney.

  15. Vanessa Lyon

    Vanessa Lyon

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Vanessa Lyon is Global Leader of Cyber and Digital Risk at BCG.

  16. Julie McCarthy

    Julie McCarthy

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Julie McCarthy is CEO of NatureFinance.

  17. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Writing for PS since 2010
    33 Commentaries

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

  18. Juliet B. Schor

    Juliet B. Schor

    Writing for PS since 2020
    2 Commentaries

    Juliet B. Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College and the author of Four Days a Week: The Life-Changing Solution for Reducing Employee Stress, Improving Well-Being, and Working Smarter (Harper Business, June 2025).

  19. Bright Simons

    Bright Simons

    Writing for PS since 2022
    2 Commentaries

    Bright Simons is an Analyst at IMANI and a Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI Global.

  20. Sita Nataraj Slavov

    Sita Nataraj Slavov

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Sita Nataraj Slavov is Professor of Public Policy in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

  1. hausmann121_Artur WidakNurPhoto via Getty Images_applestoreasia Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    Trump’s $16 Trillion Trade Blind Spot

    Ricardo Hausmann identifies the fundamental flaw in the administration’s efforts to dismantle the postwar international order.
  2. roach176_Morris MacMatzenGettyImages_hamburg_port Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images

    A World Turned Inside Out

    Stephen S. Roach

    The geostrategic shock that has accompanied Donald Trump’s return to the White House is the functional equivalent of a full-blown crisis. It is likely to have a lasting impact on the US and Chinese economies, and the contagion is almost certain to spread throughout the world through cross-border trade and capital flows.

    likens Donald Trump’s reversal of America’s global leadership role to a full-blown crisis, similar to COVID-19.
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    Jorge Heine on the BRICS, active non-alignment, the US dollar, and more

    Jorge Heine urges the Organization of American States to demonstrate leadership in Haiti, shows how small countries can implement a foreign policy based on active non-alignment, calls on China and Europe to diversify the global monetary system, and more.
  4. fengler4_SIMON MAINAAFP via Getty Images_africadigitalbank Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

    Financial Inclusion Must Reach the Last Billion

    Wolfgang Fengler explains why economic growth alone is not enough to extend the ladder of opportunity to all.
  5. fofack31_Fred DufourGettyImages_usaid_bag_car Fred Dufour/Getty Images

    Dismantling USAID Could Boost African Self-Reliance

    Hippolyte Fofack

    US President Donald Trump’s dismantling of America’s foreign-aid program may be the wake-up call African leaders need. If necessity is the mother of invention, the end of USAID could galvanize African governments to confront their countries’ challenges head-on.

    sees opportunities to promote local growth following a massive reduction in foreign aid.
  6. brown118_Wakil KohsarGettyImages_afghan_girls_school Wakil Kohsar/Getty Images

    The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

    Gordon Brown explains why the country’s leadership crisis represents an opportunity to end gender apartheid.
  7. jmccarthy1_CRISTINA ALDEHUELAAFP via Getty Images_cocoaghana Cristina Aldehuela/AFP via Getty Images

    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.
  8. dudley1_Justin TallisGettyImages_tether Justin Tallis/Getty Images

    The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

    Bill Dudley explains why lawmakers need to move quickly to establish US leadership in digital assets and payments.
  9. krueger85_Justin SullivanGetty Images_UScarstrade Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    Tariff Man Doubles Down

    Anne O. Krueger warns that the Trump administration’s trade restrictions will harm the very industries they aim to protect.

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