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Why Trump Has an Affordability Problem

Why Trump Has an Affordability Problem

WASHINGTON, DC – At a recent rally to tout his economic policies, US President Donald Trump suggested that voters’ growing concerns about...

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Michael R. Strain

PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2026

PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2026

Every December, we ask Project Syndicate commentators to identify the political, economic, and policy trends to watch in the year ahead. Last year,...

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Ps Editors

Donald Trump and the White Man's Burden in Nigeria

Donald Trump and the White Man's Burden in Nigeria
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Adekeye Adebajo

Gen Z Is Making Politics Hopeful Again

Gen Z Is Making Politics Hopeful Again

OXFORD – Grim as the final month of 2025 has been – with headlines dominated by mass shootings, crises, and polarization – one positive development...

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Ngaire Woods

Europeans Are All Peronists Now

Europeans Are All Peronists Now

LONDON – Jean-Claude Juncker, the former European Commission President and former Luxembourg Prime Minister, once  said “We all know what to do,...

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Cristina Ramirez

A Model to Keep Multilateralism Alive

A Model to Keep Multilateralism Alive

GENEVA – Few would deny that there has been a shift away from multilateral cooperation in recent years. As the world becomes more multipolar,...

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José Manuel Barroso

Rogue Hegemons Are Sabotaging the Global Economy

Rogue Hegemons Are Sabotaging the Global Economy

WASHINGTON, DC – Although 2025 will probably be remembered as the year that US President Donald Trump upended the global trading system, the truth...

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Arvind Subramanian

How the Fed Became a Lender of Immediate Resort

How the Fed Became a Lender of Immediate Resort

STANFORD – The greatest threat to the independence of the US Federal Reserve does not come from President Donald Trump’s attacks or a Supreme Court...

23.12.2025 20

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Amit Seru

The AI Diffusion Challenge

The AI Diffusion Challenge

MILAN – The development of increasingly powerful models is central to the unfolding AI revolution. But this revolution has a second, equally...

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Michael Spence

Expect Turbulent Asset Markets in 2026

Expect Turbulent Asset Markets in 2026

CAMBRIDGE – The biggest surprise of the past year is not that global asset prices have risen so sharply but that investors have shown so little...

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Kenneth Rogoff

Europe’s Carbon Market Must Look Ahead

Europe’s Carbon Market Must Look Ahead

MUNICH – The European Union’s carbon-pricing policy has long been the subject of fierce debate. To some, it is a bold experiment in aligning...

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Günther Thallinger

Three Shocks that Shook the World in 2025

Three Shocks that Shook the World in 2025
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Yanis Varoufakis

Corporate AI Is a Threat to Freedom

Corporate AI Is a Threat to Freedom

NEW YORK – Eight years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that whoever masters AI “will be the ruler of the world.” Since then,...

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Richard K. Sherwin