Welcome to Project Syndicate Podcasts – a hub for conversation on the world’s most pressing issues. On Opinion Has It, host Elmira Bayrasli sits down with leading economists, policymakers, Nobel laureates, academics, and more. Listen and subscribe to all episodes from your favorite podcast app. Find Opinion Has It on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or via RSS Feed.
Opinion Has ItMay 7, 2019Elmira Bayrasli & William J. Burns
discuss the diplomatic back channels that helped drive the negotiations leading to the Iran nuclear deal, and how they help serve US interests abroad.
Opinion Has ItApr 4, 2019PS editors
follow three young activists as they advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights at the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Get unlimited access to OnPoint, the Big Picture, and the entire PS archive of more than 14,000 commentaries, plus our annual magazine, for less than $2 a week.
Cryptocurrencies have given rise to an entire new criminal industry, comprising unregulated offshore exchanges, paid propagandists, and an army of scammers looking to fleece retail investors. Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence of rampant fraud and abuse, financial regulators and law-enforcement agencies remain asleep at the wheel.
Worsening economic inequality in recent years is largely the result of policy choices that reflect the political influence and lobbying power of the rich. There is now a self-reinforcing pattern of high profits, low investment, and rising inequality – posing a threat not only to economic growth, but also to democracy.
