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Ricardo Hausmann on immigration, climate finance, economic complexity, and more

Ricardo Hausmann on immigration, climate finance, economic complexity, and more

Project Syndicate: Two years ago, you and Dany Bahar warned that the persistence of the anti-immigration bias that Donald Trump had stoked among...

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Ricardo Hausmann

Shock-Proofing the UK Economy

Shock-Proofing the UK Economy

CAMBRIDGE – The British government was right to describe the recent bout of market volatility in the United Kingdom as having been fueled...

yesterday 10

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Mohamed A. El-Erian

As Trump Returns, Sino-Indian Relations Are Changing

As Trump Returns, Sino-Indian Relations Are Changing

HONG KONG – Weeks before his return to the White House, US President-elect Donald Trump issued a pointed warning to the BRICS countries. “Go...

yesterday 20

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Debasish Roy Chowdhury

What AI Means for Growth and Jobs

What AI Means for Growth and Jobs

PARIS – Some prominent economists argue that the revolution in artificial intelligence – particularly the rapid development of generative AI –...

yesterday 7

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Philippe Aghion

Putin’s War Is Fueling Russian Stagflation

Putin’s War Is Fueling Russian Stagflation

STOCKHOLM – Russian President Vladimir Putin frequently boasts about the strength of his country’s economy, claiming that Western sanctions only...

yesterday 7

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Anders Åslund

Will US Democracy Survive Trump?

Will US Democracy Survive Trump?

NEW HAVEN – Donald Trump’s inauguration as America’s 47th president will be historic in several ways. He will be America’s oldest president....

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Koichi Hamada

Joe Biden’s Disappearing Legacy

Joe Biden’s Disappearing Legacy
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Richard Haass

Will Trump Crack the Mystery of COVID’s Origin?

Will Trump Crack the Mystery of COVID’s Origin?

GENEVA – The COVID-19 pandemic killed an estimated 7.1 million people worldwide, causing global life expectancy to decline by 1.6 years between...

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Brahma Chellaney

Trump’s Greenland Grab

Trump’s Greenland Grab

STOCKHOLM – In 2019, when Donald Trump first proclaimed that the United States should “buy Greenland,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen...

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Carl Bildt

AI Alone Won’t Save the Planet

AI Alone Won’t Save the Planet

GENEVA – This year’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where participants will address the theme of “Collaboration for the...

previous day 10

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Yana Gevorgyan

Social Media as It Should Be

Social Media as It Should Be

BRUSSELS – Mathematician Cathy O’Neil once said that an algorithm is nothing more than someone’s opinion embedded in code. When we speak of...

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Robin Berjon

What Will Trump Do to the US Economy?

What Will Trump Do to the US Economy?

When it comes to assessing the likely economic impact of US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, examining his proposed policies...

10.01.2025 2

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Ps Editors

An American Catastrophe

An American Catastrophe

BERLIN – We just got a foretaste of the bizarre stream of consciousness that will be emanating from the White House over the next four years: the...

10.01.2025 10

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Jan T. Gross

Europe’s CEOs Must Speak Up on AI Regulation

Europe’s CEOs Must Speak Up on AI Regulation

PARIS – As artificial intelligence reshapes economies and societies, business leaders must consider how they will work with policymakers to govern...

10.01.2025 4

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Sylvain Duranton

Can Trump Dump the Dollar?

Can Trump Dump the Dollar?

BERKELEY – One of the more jaw-dropping policy ideas gaining political steam in the United States recently has President-elect Donald Trump and...

10.01.2025 6

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Barry Eichengreen

A No-Brainer for Global Growth and US Jobs

A No-Brainer for Global Growth and US Jobs

NEW YORK – In August 2021, the International Monetary Fund issued $209 billion to developing countries in the form of special drawing rights (the...

10.01.2025 1

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Joseph E. Stiglitz

The Truth About Migration

The Truth About Migration

OXFORD – The brouhaha between the tech bros led by Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s nativist supporters over whether to restrict skilled immigrants...

10.01.2025 5

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Ian Goldin

Fundamentalist Perverts

Fundamentalist Perverts

LJUBLJANA – The standard interpretation of the Russia-Ukraine war is that it is a “clash of cultures” pitting Western liberalism against...

09.01.2025 40

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Slavoj Žižek

Are High-Skill Immigrants a Problem?

Are High-Skill Immigrants a Problem?

BOSTON – Fissures within US President-elect Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” coalition have appeared sooner than expected. By the end...

09.01.2025 5

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Daron Acemoglu

What Climate Justice Means for Latin America and the Caribbean

What Climate Justice Means for Latin America and the Caribbean

RIO DE JANEIRO/NEW YORK – November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, dubbed the “Finance COP,” left many deeply...

09.01.2025 2

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Thiago Barral

Is It the Hour of Europe Again?

Is It the Hour of Europe Again?

BRUSSELS – “If one problem can be solved by the Europeans, it is the Yugoslav problem,” Luxembourg’s then-foreign minister, Jacques Poos,...

09.01.2025 4

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Daniel Gros

What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do

What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do

CAMBRIDGE – The world economy awaits with dread the arrival of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs. Trump clearly loves import duties and has promised...

08.01.2025 4

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Dani Rodrik

Europe Needs a Defense Production Act

Europe Needs a Defense Production Act

PARIS – Failing to heed the lessons of past wars is a surefire recipe for future conflicts. While it is too early to draw all the relevant...

08.01.2025 5

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Nicu Popescu

Subsistence Is Not Enough

Subsistence Is Not Enough

MINNEAPOLIS/MILAN/MUNICH – In 1990, more than one-third of the global population lived below the World Bank’s extreme poverty line ($2.15 per...

08.01.2025 1

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Kweilin Ellingrud

Could Trump’s Tariffs Help Democratize China?

Could Trump’s Tariffs Help Democratize China?

MADISON, WISCONSIN – Assessments of US President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to impose high tariffs on Chinese imports tend to focus on their...

08.01.2025 10

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Yi Fuxian

A Retrospective on Trump’s First Year Back

A Retrospective on Trump’s First Year Back
08.01.2025 9

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Jeffrey Frankel