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, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, or via RSS Feed.
Opinion Has ItSep 29, 2020Claudia Sahm & Elmira Bayrasli
consider what the US Federal Reserve’s new monetary-policy framework means for America’s economic outlook.
Opinion Has ItSep 15, 2020Bill McKibben & Elmira Bayrasli
assess the world’s chances of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophe.
Opinion Has ItSep 1, 2020Robert Kelchen & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is devastating – and transforming – US colleges and universities.
Opinion Has ItAug 18, 2020Julia Azari & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss how Kamala Harris, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate, will shape the US vice presidency.
Opinion Has ItJul 28, 2020Daniel W. Drezner & Elmira Bayrasli
consider whether the pandemic will be the final nail in the coffin of the Westphalian system, built on the sovereignty of the nation-state.
Opinion Has ItJul 14, 2020Lisa D. Cook & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss the lack of diversity in economics, and its effects on US policy over the last century.
Opinion Has ItJun 16, 2020Minxin Pei & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss where China’s crackdown in Hong Kong will lead, and how it will affect the legitimacy of the Communist Party of China.
Opinion Has ItJun 4, 2020Khalil Gibran Muhammad & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, and its aftermath.
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The presumption that Republicans are better than Democrats at economic stewardship is a longstanding myth that must be debunked. For all Americans who care about their and their children’s future, the right choice this November could not be clearer.
debunks the longstanding myth that Republicans are better than Democrats for growth, jobs, and markets.
Although China and the US are strategic rivals, each depends on global markets, finance, and innovation, and needs to co-opt other countries and regions in order to sustain its own power. For this reason, both will use multilateralism, formal and informal, to protect the system within which they have flourished and to solidify their alliances.
highlights three reasons why today's Sino-American rivalry will not prove fatal for international cooperation.
