Antara Haldar
advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
The prevailing narrative that frames Israel as a colonial power suppressing Palestinians’ struggle for statehood grossly oversimplifies a complicated conflict and inadvertently vindicates the region’s most oppressive regimes. Achieving a durable, lasting peace requires moving beyond such facile analogies.
rejects the facile moralism of those who view the ongoing war through the narrow lens of decolonization.
The far-right populist Geert Wilders’ election victory in the Netherlands reflects the same sentiment that powered Brexit and Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016. But such outcomes could not happen without the cynicism displayed over the past few decades by traditional conservative parties.
shows what Geert Wilders has in common with other ultra-nationalist politicians, past and present.
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布达佩斯—2030年联合国可持续发展目标(SDG)包括了让所有儿童接受小学教育、让所有成人拥有工作、结束饥饿和贫困等小目标(objective)。这些都是高尚的愿望,但十分昂贵。我们真的有能力实现所有这些愿望吗?
经合组织估算,实现所有17个SDG——其中包括169个具体的发展目标——每年需要花费3.3—4.5万亿美元,即相当于美国2016年联邦预算,远远高于去年全球海外发展援助总量的近1,320亿美元。
事实上,仅仅是提供全民小学教育就需要每年增加至少170亿美元支出,联合国大会政府间委员会估算,消灭贫困需要全球每年投入5-7万亿美元用于基础设施。在现实中,估算值可能大相径庭,因为没人能够确定SDG到底要花费多少。
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