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Anne O. Krueger

Anne O. Krueger

Writing for PS since 2014
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Anne O. Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Senior Research Professor of International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development at Stanford University.

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  1. A World of Debt
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    A World of Debt

    May 23, 2023 Anne O. Krueger identifies the biggest problems facing international financial rescue, relief, and restructuring.

  2. Breaking the Debt-Relief Paralysis
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    Breaking the Debt-Relief Paralysis

    Apr 17, 2023 Anne O. Krueger urges new thinking to address the mounting distress gripping many low-income countries.

  3. America’s Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive
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    America’s Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive

    Mar 22, 2023 Anne O. Krueger laments that the Biden administration is adding red tape to an inefficient subsidy program.

  4. Multilateralism Is Still Better
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    Multilateralism Is Still Better

    Feb 16, 2023 Anne O. Krueger thinks the Biden administration is making a big mistake by pursuing economic security through self-sufficiency.

  5. China and the Sovereign-Debt Bomb
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    China and the Sovereign-Debt Bomb

    Jan 13, 2023 Anne O. Krueger calls for a renewed push to align major creditors around efforts to sustain growth in the developing world.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

    thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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