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  1. China’s Debt-Trap Diplomacy

    China’s Debt-Trap Diplomacy

    Jan 23, 2017 Brahma Chellaney highlights the perils of Chinese infrastructure loans and investment in developing countries.

  2. The Grim Truth About the “Swedish Model”

    The Grim Truth About the “Swedish Model”

    Apr 17, 2020 Hans Bergstrom explains why the country adopted a lethally misguided approach to COVID-19, resulting in a high death toll.

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  4. The End of Neoliberalism and the Rebirth of History

    The End of Neoliberalism and the Rebirth of History

    Nov 4, 2019 Joseph E. Stiglitz argues that four decades of free-market orthodoxy have taken a high toll on democracy.

  5. The Makings of a 2020 Recession and Financial Crisis

    The Makings of a 2020 Recession and Financial Crisis

    Sep 13, 2018 Nouriel Roubini & Brunello Rosa list ten factors all pointing toward an economic downturn that will be more severe than the last.

  6. From Bad to Worse for Puerto Rico

    From Bad to Worse for Puerto Rico

    Feb 28, 2017 Joseph E. Stiglitz & Martín Guzmán pillory a federally imposed fiscal plan that openly assumes a Venezuela-style depression.

  7. The Big Blockchain Lie

    The Big Blockchain Lie

    Oct 15, 2018 Nouriel Roubini deconstructs the myth that distributed-ledger technologies will change the world for the better.

  8. Vladimir Putin and the Risk of World War III
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    Vladimir Putin and the Risk of World War III

    Mar 11, 2022 George Soros warns that, after misreading the situation in Ukraine, Russia's leader seems to know no limits.

  9. Why We Strike Again

    Why We Strike Again

    Nov 29, 2019 Greta Thunberg , et al. vow to do whatever it takes to push world leaders to act, beginning at the UN conference in Madrid.

  10. Britain’s Democratic Failure

    Britain’s Democratic Failure

    Jun 24, 2016 Kenneth Rogoff explains why nation-defining decisions should not be put to a simple majority vote.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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