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  1. Bruce Babbitt

    Bruce Babbitt

    Writing for PS since 2015
    1 Commentary

    Bruce Babbitt, former US Secretary of the Interior and former Governor of Arizona, is a board member of the Amazon Conservation Association.

  2. Philippe Bacchetta

    Philippe Bacchetta

    Writing for PS since 2002
    1 Commentary

    Director of the Study Center Gerzensee (a foundation of the Swiss National Bank) and Professor of Economics at the University of Lausanne.

  3. Michelle Bachelet

    Michelle Bachelet

    Writing for PS since 2012
    3 Commentaries

    Michelle Bachelet is a former president of Chile and a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

  4. Urban Backstrom

    Writing for PS since 2009
    1 Commentary

    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.

  5. Jean Baderschneider

    Jean Baderschneider

    Writing for PS since 2022
    1 Commentary

    Jean Baderschneider is a non-executive Director of Fortescue Metals Group.

  6. Shaida Badiee

    Shaida Badiee

    Writing for PS since 2015
    1 Commentary

    Shaida Badiee is Managing Director and co-founder of Open Data Watch.

  7. Robert Badinter

    Writing for PS since 2007
    1 Commentary

    Robert Badinter is a former President of France's Constitutional Court. As Minister of Justice he abolished the guillotine and the death penalty in France. He is now a member of the French Senate.

  8. Hoda Badran

    Hoda Badran

    Writing for PS since 2012
    1 Commentary

    Hoda Badran is President of the Egyptian Feminist Union.

  9. Bertrand Badré

    Bertrand Badré

    Writing for PS since 2014
    30 Commentaries

    Bertrand Badré, a former managing director of the World Bank, is CEO and Founder of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital and the author of Can Finance Save the World? (Berrett-Koehler, 2018).

  10. Vanessa Badré

    Vanessa Badré

    Writing for PS since 2024
    1 Commentary

    Vanessa Badré, a faculty fellow at American University, is a lawyer and art historian specializing in analyzing works of art to explore broader social and economic themes and concepts.

  11. Annalena Baerbock

    Annalena Baerbock

    Writing for PS since 2022
    1 Commentary

    Annalena Baerbock is Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany.

  12. Alberto Bagnai

    Alberto Bagnai

    Writing for PS since 2015
    1 Commentary

    Alberto Bagnai is Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the Gabriele d'Annunzio University, and a research associate at the Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée à la Mondialisation at the University of Rouen.

  13. Dany Bahar

    Dany Bahar

    Writing for PS since 2022
    1 Commentary

    Dany Bahar is an associate professor at Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs and a senior fellow at the Harvard Growth Lab.

  14. Amer Baig

    Amer Baig

    Writing for PS since 2019
    1 Commentary

    Amer Baig is a partner and founder of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital.

  15. Martin Neil Baily

    Martin Neil Baily

    Writing for PS since 2013
    9 Commentaries

    Martin Neil Baily is Chair in Economic Policy Development and Senior Fellow and Director of the Business and Public Policy Initiative at the Brookings Institution.

  1. bp india election Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images

    Will India’s Election Destroy Its Democracy?

    Since taking power in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have stoked Hindu nationalism, hollowed out India’s democracy, and overseen an economy that is probably performing far worse than official figures suggest. And yet Modi and the BJP are genuinely popular, making them likely – though not certain – to emerge victorious when the ongoing parliamentary election concludes in June.

  2. benami213_YEHUDA RAIZNERAFP via Getty Images_israelflag Yehuda Raizner/AFP via Getty Images

    The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

    Shlomo Ben-Ami warns that demonizing all Israelis will only make peace less likely – though that may be the point.
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    How to Close the Gender Wage Gap

    Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir argues that Iceland’s experience lends further support to Nobel laureate economist Claudia Goldin’s research.
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    Getting the Pandemic Treaty Across the Finish Line

    Gordon Brown

    Just as governments are working tirelessly to conclude negotiations on a new pandemic treaty, a torrent of misinformation and fake news has been unleashed to undermine the process. For the sake of current and future generations, policymakers must resist the propaganda and get the job done.

    hopes negotiations will conclude this month, and pushes back on a last-minute wave of misinformation.
  5. singer231_Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images_college protests Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

    When Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic?

    Peter Singer rejects comparisons of the recent US campus protests to the actions of Nazi student groups in the 1930s.
  6. Project Syndicate

    Trump’s Plans for the Fed Would Revive 1970s-Style Inflation

    Maurice Obstfeld thinks the presumptive GOP nominee’s policies reflect an outdated understanding of the economy.
  7. adebajo5_Getty Images_southafricaelection Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    Mandela’s Heirs Face Their Biggest Election Test

    Adekeye Adebajo explains why the African National Congress could lose its 30-year monopoly on power.
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    What Explains the BJP’s Rise?

    Gaurav Dalmia ennumerates the reasons why the ruling party has come to dominate the country’s electoral landscape.
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    Why China Provides Evidence for Optimists and Pessimists Alike

    Zhang Jun explains why rigorous, evidence-based assessments of the economy's performance can diverge sharply.

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