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    America’s Steel Madness

    Anne O. Krueger explains why opposition to Nippon Steel's acquisition of US Steel is deeply misguided.
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    Why Is China Stalling Out?

    Catherine Tai & Renee Luo attribute the country’s mounting economic and financial problems to a loss of private-sector confidence.
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    The Middle Truth in the Inflation Muddle

    Barry Eichengreen explains why the Federal Reserve's critics are wrong about monetary policy's role in recent years.
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    A Marshall Plan for Africa

    Colin Coleman calls on the G20 to help accelerate economic growth and promote human development on the continent.
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    Central Banks’ 2% Inflation Target Is Not the Finish Line

    Daniel Gros argues that the goal of monetary policy should be to get workers and producers to forget about inflation.
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    Will Cupid’s Aim Improve?

    Todd G. Buchholz predicts that more young Americans will find partners, get married, and have children in coming years.
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    America’s Emulation of China Calls for New Rules

    Dani Rodrik thinks both countries would benefit from recognizing that their economic policies are converging.
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    The Danger of Forgetting the 2023 Banking Crisis

    Raghuram G. Rajan & Viral V. Acharya worry that smaller banks’ troubles remain unresolved, and that the episode perpetuated moral hazard.
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    The Lonesome Death of Alexei Navalny

    Nina L. Khrushcheva

    From leading protests against the rigged parliamentary elections of 2011 to investigating the corruption of Russia’s elites to seeking to unseat Presdient Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny was relentless in his nearly two-decade-long campaign against corruption in and around the Kremlin. Putin responded as any Russian despot would.

     has no doubt that, directly or indirectly, it was the Kremlin that killed the imprisoned opposition leader.
  2. krueger72_Scott OlsonGetty Images_USsteel Scott Olson/Getty Images
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    America’s Steel Madness

    Anne O. Krueger explains why opposition to Nippon Steel's acquisition of US Steel is deeply misguided.
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    Can Marwan Barghouti Be the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?

    Daoud Kuttab thinks the imprisoned Fatah leader could be the key to reviving the two-state solution.
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    What Corporations Need to Know About Public Health

    Tom Achoki describes a framework for understanding health systems that should guide investment and interventions.
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    What Was Capitalism?

    James Livingston asks whether those at the commanding heights of today's economy are steering us toward feudalism or fatuousness.
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    Reducing Plastic Pollution Requires Local Remedies

    Mirei Endara de Heras explains why on-the-ground initiatives to remove waste must complement top-down efforts to curb production.
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    The Case for Regulating Generative AI Through Common Law

    S. Alex Yang & Angela Huyue Zhang propose a regulatory framework that is both adaptable and tailored to specific contexts.
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    Why Is the Maldives Spurning India?

    Shashi Tharoor worries that the island nation is becoming a Chinese client and nurturing Islamist radicalism.
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    Pakistan’s Middle-Class Rage Against Military Rule

    Adeel Malik explains how economic dissatisfaction fueled the electoral backlash against the country’s leadership.

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