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Agata Sagan

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Agata Sagan is an independent researcher living in Warsaw, working on ethics and the persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union.

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  1. What Is Your Moral Plan for 2021?
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    What Is Your Moral Plan for 2021?

    Dec 30, 2020 Peter Singer & Agata Sagan encourage New Year's resolutions that focus on becoming a better person, not just a better eater or saver.

  2. Beyond the Traditional Family
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    Beyond the Traditional Family

    Mar 5, 2019 Peter Singer & Agata Sagan cast a critical eye on a document signed in February by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.

  3. Why Loving Our Animals Is Not Enough
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    Why Loving Our Animals Is Not Enough

    Jun 7, 2018 Agata Sagan & Peter Singer worry that most people don't know as much they should about their household companions.

  4. Do You Want to Be a Cyborg?
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    Do You Want to Be a Cyborg?

    May 16, 2017 Agata Sagan & Peter Singer defend people's right to implant cognition-enhancing devices in their brains.

  5. How Much Should Sex Matter?
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    How Much Should Sex Matter?

    Apr 13, 2012 Peter Singer & Agata Sagan

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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Accelerate America’s Economic Decline

    Kaushik Basu draws parallels between the administration’s policies and those that led to Argentina’s decades-long slump.
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    Trump, Tariffs, and the Fate of the Dollar

    Mark Blyth

    Donald Trump’s attempt to reindustrialize the US economy by eliminating trade deficits will undoubtedly cause pain and disruption on a massive scale. But it is important to remember that both major US political parties have abandoned free trade in pursuit of similar goals.

     argues that America’s protectionist policies reflect a global economic reordering that was already underway.
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    Trump’s Old World Order

    Ahmet Davutoğlu warns that the US administration’s reckless conduct may destroy the last vestiges of multilateral cooperation.
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    Crippling America’s Innovation Economy

    William H. Janeway

    Donald Trump and Elon Musk's reign of disruption is crippling research universities’ ability to serve as productive partners in innovation, thus threatening the very system that they purport to celebrate. The Chinese, who are increasingly becoming frontier innovators in their own right, will be forever grateful.

     warns that the pillars of US dynamism and competitiveness are being systematically toppled.
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    America’s AI Iron Curtain

    Soňa Muzikárová explains how US export controls are harming allies and potentially helping Russia and China.
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    What Rebalancing the US Economy Really Requires

    Glenn Hubbard thinks US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is neglecting the need for spending cuts in major federal programs.
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    America’s Voice No Longer Speaks for Democracy

    Heela Rasool-Ayub explains why authoritarians worldwide are celebrating Donald Trump’s renunciation of democratic advocacy.
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    Insurers Must Embrace Geospatial AI

    Pierre du Rostu touts the technology’s benefits for an industry that must shift its focus from paying claims to managing risk.
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    It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook

    Michele Gelfand points out that the best dealmakers strive for win-win outcomes, not zero-sum Pyrrhic victories.

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