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    Facebook Is Failing Journalists

    Arzu Geybulla says that in the struggle for press freedom under repressive regimes, Meta is squarely on the wrong side.
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    Defending Democracies’ Information Infrastructure

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Ben Scott propose a set of media reforms intended to restore citizens’ connection to a shared basis of facts.
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    PS on Sunday

    A selection of essential PS content from the past seven days, giving you the information and insights you need as you prepare to start the new week.

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    Defending Democracy’s Defenders

    Alexander Schallenberg & Teresa Ribeiro call attention to the growing threats faced by independent journalists – and the steps needed to stop them.
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    Elon Musk’s Covert War on Free Speech

    Richard K. Sherwin shows why the billionaire’s professed rationale for buying Twitter is fundamentally bogus.
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    Should Humanities Professors Be Automated?

    Nicholas Agar considers the implications of recent successes with AI-generated academic research and writing.
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    Health Messaging in the Disinformation Age

    William A. Haseltine explains how officials can win back the public's trust after recent communication failures.
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    Fighting Big Lies

    Noëlle Lenoir sees the need for stronger legal action against malicious disinformation and those who spread it.
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    The Fight for Press Freedom Is Local

    Jos Midas Bartman argues that authoritarian subnational elites often pose the greatest threat to journalists.
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    America’s Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive

    Anne O. Krueger laments that the Biden administration is adding red tape to an inefficient subsidy program.
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    Who Gets Squeezed by Austerity?

    Christy Braham urges governments to reject calls for budget cuts and invest in the welfare of billions of vulnerable workers.
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    America’s Financial Regulatory System Is Still Broken

    Howard Davies

    When a bank fails in the United States, questions about who is to blame are often directed at many different regulatory agencies, because the system is complex and hard for outsiders to understand. In the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the case for an overhaul could not be stronger.

    laments that the post-2008 Dodd-Frank reforms left in place a framework riddled with structural shortcomings.
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    The Water Crisis Is a Vital Investment Opportunity

    Ambroise Fayolle & Henk Ovink calls for new thinking about how we value the planet’s most important natural resource.
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    PS Events: What Economics Is Missing

    PS editors present the What Economics is Missing event.
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    Hell in the Holy Land

    Carl Bildt fears that the stage is set for another major violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
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    The Fed Must Not Flinch

    Michael R. Strain

    The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are significant market events. But, given an overheated labor market and 1970s-like inflation, if the Fed cannot see the whites of the eyes of a systemic banking crisis, then it must move aggressively on the inflation front.

    urges the US central bank to continue raising interest rates, despite signs of financial-sector fragility.
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    Reimagining Development

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that grassroots engagement and social enterprise are crucial to achieving countries' aspirations.
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    What the World Bank Can Do About Climate Change

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg explains how the institution can maximize its contribution to the global net-zero agenda.

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