Despite an increasingly challenging economic and geopolitical environment, the global economy performed better than expected over the past year. But although analysts’ projections for 2023 were too pessimistic, it appears that consensus forecasts for the coming year may have have swung too far in the opposite direction.
worries that domestic political divisions and market volatility could exacerbate financial vulnerabilities.
If COP28 is to be judged a success, the UAE, as the summit’s host, and other hydrocarbon producers should promise to dedicate some of the windfall oil and gas profits they earned last year to accelerating the green transition in the Global South. Doing so could encourage historic and current emitters to pay their fair share.
urges oil-exporting countries to kickstart a program of green investment in the Global South at COP28.
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剑桥——当今世界经济面临着崩溃的边缘,对经济学家的批评之声也日渐兴起,甚至有人认为他们是导致此次经济危机的同谋。还是让我们来听听经济学家自己的说法吧。
经济学家一直都提倡金融秩序的自由性,几乎异口同声地反对“政府的过度监管”,认为自由的金融可以促进社会的繁荣。由于是以所谓专业的身份——当时好象大家也是这么认为的——他们掌握了一定的话语权,甚至可以进入权力的核心。
除了鲁里埃尔·鲁比尼和罗伯特·希勒之外,很少有经济学家对即将到来的金融危机发出预警。恐怕更为糟糕的是,他们对如何摆脱经济危机也没有提出建设性的办法。对于凯恩斯主义者的经济刺激计划来说,经济学家的观点从“绝对必须”到“没有效率而且有害”,真是无所不包。
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