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Shut Down and Print Up

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With the US Federal Reserve set to maintain its monetary stimulus, and congressional deadlock forcing the US government to shut down – and, worse, raising the prospect of default – America has become the wildcard of the global economy. Project Syndicate’s contributors assess the domestic and international implications of America's polarizing economic policies and dysfunctional politics.

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    The Sustainability Standards Battle

    Howard Davies

    The absence of a clear, generally agreed framework for reporting the climate impact of corporate activity has been a major impediment to greening the business sector. But two initiatives that emerged at the recent COP26 climate-change conference could give bankers the tools to help their clients fund and manage the green transition.

     thinks the recent COP26 conference may prove to be a watershed moment in greening the financial sector.
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    Can the Center Hold Any Meaning?

    Jan-Werner Mueller

    During the twentieth-century “age of ideological extremes,” political centrism had an obvious role to play in preserving democracy. But once democracy itself is in jeopardy, as it is in countries like the United States today, centrism becomes meaningless – or even dangerous.

     explains the conditions under which principled centrism does and does not make sense.
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