Long ReadsJan 23, 2020Preston McAfee & Simon Wilkie
show how applied economics can be used to improve outcomes in everything from school matching to crowd control.
PS Say MoreJan 21, 2020Ana Palacio
assesses Europe’s security situation amid rising tensions between the US and Iran, charts a post-Brexit path for the EU, and considers the state of European leadership.
Jan 17, 2020Jane Humphries & Benjamin Schneider
review three recent books examining the future of employment in light of past eras of technological change.
PS Say MoreJan 13, 2020Andrés Velasco
addresses Chile’s civil unrest, draws lessons for other emerging economies, and highlights some good news from Latin America.
Jan 10, 2020Nina L. Khrushcheva interviews Svetlana Alexievich
about Vladimir Putin, Gulag psychology, Chernobyl, and humanity's increasingly perilous path.
PS Say MoreJan 7, 2020Daoud Kuttab
suggests how the international community can stop Israeli human-rights violations, demands stronger action to protect journalists worldwide, and corrects a common misunderstanding about Palestinians.
Insider InterviewJan 2, 2020Malin Ekman interviews Ian Buruma
to discuss #MeToo, “cancel culture,” the Nobel prize in literature, and the state of liberal democracy.
Global BookmarkDec 27, 2019PS editors
asked Project Syndicate contributors to identify the works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry that resonated with them most over the past year.
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As 2019 draws to a close, it is unclear whether we have reached “peak disruption,” or whether a further unraveling of political systems, economic models, and international arrangements is in the offing. Between the poles of populist/authoritarian “destruction” and liberal/reformist reconstruction, what specific forces are most likely to define the next year – and the next decade?
The Year Ahead 2020
