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  1. Willem H. Buiter

    Willem H. Buiter

    Writing for PS since 2018
    56 Commentaries

    Willem H. Buiter, a former chief economist at Citibank and former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, is an independent economic adviser.

  2. Amar Bhidé

    Amar Bhidé

    Writing for PS since 2004
    11 Commentaries

    Amar Bhidé, Professor of Health Policy at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, is author, most recently, of Uncertainty and Enterprise: Venturing Beyond the Known (Oxford University Press, 2024).

  3. Håvard Halland

    Håvard Halland

    Writing for PS since 2018
    9 Commentaries

    Håvard Halland, a former senior economist at the World Bank and OECD, is Professor of Sustainable Finance at Heriot-Watt University.

  4. Agnes Kalibata

    Agnes Kalibata

    Writing for PS since 2020
    7 Commentaries

    Agnes Kalibata, a former Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda, is President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.

  5. Charles Ferguson

    Charles Ferguson

    Writing for PS since 2024
    6 Commentaries

    Charles Ferguson, a technology investor and policy analyst, directed the Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job.

  6. Jean-Pierre Landau

    Jean-Pierre Landau

    Writing for PS since 2021
    5 Commentaries

    Jean-Pierre Landau, a former deputy governor of the Bank of France, is a professor at Sciences Po.

  7. Ana Toni

    Ana Toni

    Writing for PS since 2021
    4 Commentaries

    Ana Toni is National Secretary for Climate Change at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Brazil.

  8. Ebrahim Rahbari

    Ebrahim Rahbari

    Writing for PS since 2024
    3 Commentaries

    Ebrahim Rahbari, Head of Rates Strategy and Head of Research, US at Absolute Strategy Research, is a former chief currency strategist, global head of foreign-exchange analysis, and head of global macroeconomics at Citigroup.

  9. Knut Anton Mork

    Knut Anton Mork

    Writing for PS since 2021
    3 Commentaries

    Knut Anton Mork is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

  10. Heidi Shierholz

    Heidi Shierholz

    Writing for PS since 2024
    2 Commentaries

    Heidi Shierholz is President of the Economic Policy Institute.

  11. Rüya Perincek

    Rüya Perincek

    Writing for PS since 2025
    2 Commentaries

    Rüya Perincek, a policy fellow at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt, is an adjunct senior fellow at the Global Centre for Mineral Security.

  12. Melissa Parke

    Melissa Parke

    Writing for PS since 2023
    2 Commentaries

    Melissa Parke, a former Australian minister for international development, is Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.

  13. Moisés Naím

    Moisés Naím

    Writing for PS since 2024
    2 Commentaries

    Moisés Naím is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the author, most recently, of What Is Happening to Us? 121 Ideas to Make Sense of the 21st Century (Grupo Editorial, Penguin Random House, 2024).

  14. Jayasree K. Iyer

    Jayasree K. Iyer

    Writing for PS since 2022
    2 Commentaries

    Jayasree K. Iyer is CEO of the Access to Medicine Foundation.

  15. Karen Rønde

    Karen Rønde

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Karen Rønde, a former member of the Danish parliament, is CEO of the Danish Press Publications’ Collective Management Organization and a judge in the Danish Court of Impeachment.

  16. Elisabeth Reynolds

    Elisabeth Reynolds

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Elisabeth Reynolds, Professor of Practice at MIT, is a former Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing and Economic Development at the National Economic Council (2021-22).

  17. Daniel M. Franks

    Daniel M. Franks

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Daniel M. Franks is Professor at the University of Queensland and Director of the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s Global Centre for Mineral Security.

  18. Sherif Elsayed-Ali

    Sherif Elsayed-Ali

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Sherif Elsayed-Ali, Executive Director of the Future of Technology Institute, is a co-founder and former CEO of Carbon Re.

  19. Rim Berahab

    Rim Berahab

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Rim Berahab is Senior Economist at the Policy Center for the New South.

  1. rodrik231_Andrej IvanovGettyImages_us_canda_border Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images

    How Not to Respond to Trump’s Tariffs

    Dani Rodrik advises America’s trade partners not to embrace retaliation, because that would harm mainly themselves.
  2. landau5_Thierry MonasseGettyImages_eu_competitiveness_compass Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

    Europe Found Its Values and Lost Its Way

    Jean-Pierre Landau

    European integration – and the stability and prosperity it supports – has always depended on a pragmatic, incremental approach. If the EU is to navigate today’s challenging geopolitical environment, it must again embrace this approach, rather than continue to allow high-level principles to dictate policy.

    warns that the EU’s focus on high-level principles is undermining its economic dynamism and global influence.
  3. cferguson4_Patrick T. FallonGettyImages_jensen_huang Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images

    The Crisis in Western AI Is Real

    Charles Ferguson

    Given the risks involved in the race for AI dominance, maintaining a strong lead within democratic advanced economies justifies a public-private strategic mobilization on the scale of the Manhattan Project. Yet the West is doing the opposite, largely owing to its own AI industry’s arrogance, shortsightedness, and greed.

    thinks the US industry bears a considerable share of the blame for China’s DeepSeek breakthrough.
  4. singer239_Andrew HarnikGetty Images_americafirst Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

    “America First” in Action

    Peter Singer assesses the damage Donald Trump has already done to long-term US interests since returning to the White House.
  5. varoufakis124_Luke SharrettGettyImages_palantir_demo Luke Sharrett/Getty Images

    Technofeudalism Is War’s Handmaiden

    Yanis Varoufakis explains how the rise of cloud capital is steering the world toward well-known strategic traps.
  6. buiter54_FABRICE COFFRINIAFP via Getty Images_swissnationalbank Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

    The Positive Case for Negative Rates

    Willem H. Buiter & Ebrahim Rahbari see the widely scorned monetary-policy tool as a necessary option in the absence of fiscal alternatives.
  7. ahzhang20_PETER CATTERALLAFP via Getty Images_deepseek Peter Catterall/AFP via Getty Images

    Will DeepSeek Upend US Tech Dominance?

    Angela Huyue Zhang says the firm’s disruption of the AI industry is about market – not great-power – competition.
  8. buruma222_Anna MoneymakerGettyImages_donald_trump_cross Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

    Breaking US Democracy Beyond Repair

    Ian Buruma warns that Donald Trump’s efforts to tear down America’s “civic religion” will be difficult to reverse.
  9. patten172_Scott OlsonGetty Images_trump Scott Olson/Getty Images

    Can the Liberal International Order Survive Without America?

    Chris Patten urges Western countries to safeguard the institutions that have underpinned their postwar stability.

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