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Angel Gurría, a former secretary of foreign affairs (1994-97) and secretary of finance (1998-2000) of Mexico, is a former secretary-general of the OECD. 

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  1. New Business Models for a New Future
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    New Business Models for a New Future

    Sep 20, 2021 Angel Gurría explains why public-private collaboration is needed to change how business is done.

  2. Food Security Rests on Trade
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    Food Security Rests on Trade

    Nov 19, 2018 Angel Gurría & José Graziano da Silva warn that without rules-based global trade, the threat of hunger and malnutrition in some regions will grow.

  3. Multilateralism Is the Only Way Forward
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    Multilateralism Is the Only Way Forward

    May 28, 2018 Angel Gurría calls for updating the current model of international cooperation to address current and future challenges.

  4. We Should Not Be Afraid
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    We Should Not Be Afraid

    Sep 22, 2015 Angel Gurría argues that the continent's leaders have no reason to fear the rising flood of refugees.

  5. The Long-Term Investment Challenge
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    The Long-Term Investment Challenge

    Jun 10, 2015 Angel Gurría believes that an extended global economic slump, though inevitable, can be mitigated.

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    Can America Maintain External Sustainability?

    Yu Yongding explains why demand for foreign capital inflows to offset the country’s savings shortfall may go unmet.
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    The Coming Showdown in Trumpworld

    Dani Rodrik points out that a coalition comprising incompatible financial and ideological interests cannot last.
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    Trump’s Self-Fulfilling Crisis

    Stephen S. Roach shows how the US president’s policies could create the very problems he falsely claims to be confronting.
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    Britain Must Downgrade the Special Relationship

    Chris Patten outlines steps UK policymakers must take to mitigate the strategic threat posed by the Trump administration.
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    America’s Oligarchs Are Trump’s Achilles’ Heel

    Gabriel Zucman proposes that countries targeted by US tariffs retaliate with taxes on Elon Musk and his peers.
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    The Opacity of Hope

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    Former US President Barack Obama tried to move beyond the fearmongering of the George W. Bush era and unite the country around his own political persona. But as initial optimism gave way to disillusionment, fear once again took hold, setting the stage for the rise of Donald Trump.

     reflects on how the politics promoted by America’s first Black president gave rise to its first felonious one.
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    A New Gulf Growth Model

    Faris Al-Sulayman & Steffen Hertog explain why the region’s governments are well positioned to capitalize on recent geo-economic trends.
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    Small States Mean Big Returns

    Adnan Hassan sees lucrative investment opportunities in countries capable of adapting efficiently to rapid economic change.
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    AI Will Not Supercharge GDP Growth

    Adair Turner expects the technology to be everywhere but in the measured GDP statistics.

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