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Mordecai Kurz on market power, Big Tech, antitrust, and more
Mordecai Kurz on market power, Big Tech, antitrust, and more
Mordecai Kurz explains how technology firms abuse patent law to establish and preserve monopolies, criticizes the US Supreme Court’s approach to market power, sheds light on the relationship between innovation and inequality, and more. -
The Euro and Its Imperial Ancestors
The Euro and Its Imperial Ancestors
Victoria Gierok draws lessons from earlier experiments with common currencies across disparate polities and economies. -
Industrial Policy Is Back. Now What?
Industrial Policy Is Back. Now What?
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PS editors , Jakob Hafele , Célestin Monga , Tano Santos , Luigi Zingales , Dani Rodrik , James K. GalbraithHow to design effective industrial policies has suddenly become a hot – and divisive – topic among economists and policymakers. Even those who agree that governments should intervene in the economy to bolster productivity, increase competitiveness, and tackle social and environmental challenges differ sharply on the details.
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The Way Forward for Ukraine’s Economy
The Way Forward for Ukraine’s Economy
Joseph E. Stiglitz & Andrew Kosenko offer a roadmap for guiding the country's recovery and reconstruction during and after the war. -
Joseph E. Stiglitz on inflation, freedom, neoliberalism, and more
Joseph E. Stiglitz on inflation, freedom, neoliberalism, and more
Joseph E. Stiglitz highlights four inflation risks associated with another Donald Trump administration, explains what US Republicans get wrong about freedom, identifies the principles that should guide a post-neoliberal agenda, and more. -
The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?
The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?
Carla Norrlöf considers whether Saudi Arabia would ever move away from invoicing its oil trade in US dollars. -
The Profit Trap
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The Profit Trap
Jean-Baptiste Wautier considers why capitalism is creating problems instead of solving them, and how to save the system from itself. -
Todd G. Buchholz on US debt, Chinese trade practices, industrial policy, and more
Todd G. Buchholz on US debt, Chinese trade practices, industrial policy, and more
Todd G. Buchholz points out that not all the reasons for the US economy’s strong performance are positive, highlights the limits of antitrust enforcement, suggests that China is undermining both its own future growth and the world trading apparatus, and more. -
The Evolution of Empire
The Evolution of Empire
John Andrews traces the enduring role of imperial power from the eighteenth century to the present. -
A Far-Right Resurgence in Europe?
A Far-Right Resurgence in Europe?
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PS editors , Sławomir Sierakowski , Michael Ehrenreich , Zaki Laïdi , Philippe Legrain , Soňa Muzikárová , Slavoj ŽižekMany observers breathed a sigh of relief at the results of the European Parliament elections, because the widely predicted far-right surge did not dislodge traditional conservatives. But even if far-right forces do not dominate the next European Parliament, they have gained ground, particularly in France and Germany. Can mainstream politicians and parties reverse this trend?
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Anatomy of a Massacre
Anatomy of a Massacre
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AI: Hope or Hype?
AI: Hope or Hype?
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Angela Huyue Zhang, S. Alex Yang, Michael R. Strain, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Avni Patel Thompson, Jamie Metzl, Simon Johnson, Eric Hazan, Daron AcemogluWhether generative artificial intelligence will do more harm or good to our families, economies, and societies remains an open question. In devising strategies for harnessing the technology, optimism is undoubtedly warranted, but it should not come at the expense of realism.
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Carla Norrlöf on NATO, the US dollar, the Gaza war, and more
Carla Norrlöf on NATO, the US dollar, the Gaza war, and more
Carla Norrlöf advocates an expansion of NATO’s operational focus, suggests ways the US can enhance global confidence in the dollar, offers the Biden administration advice on how to respond to escalating tensions in the Middle East, and more.
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Age of Extremes
It is both the best and the worst of times for democracy – or at least for voting. Although a record-breaking four billion people across 76 countries will have cast ballots in elections this year, democratic institutions are increasingly under strain, and leading watchdogs warn of a broad-based global trend toward “autocratization.”
- Michael R. Strain The Economic World We’ve Lost
- Abdullah Gül The Case for Optimism in the Muslim World
- Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Big Opportunity
- Kenneth Rogoff Britain’s Democratic Failure
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