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Antara Haldar

Antara Haldar

Writing for PS since 2019
35 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Antara Haldar, Associate Professor of Empirical Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge, is a visiting faculty member at Harvard University and the principal investigator on a European Research Council grant on law and cognition.

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  1. What Democrats Can Learn from the Science of Cooperation
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    What Democrats Can Learn from the Science of Cooperation

    Jul 24, 2024 Antara Haldar thinks a failure to unite fully behind Kamala Harris will give the Republicans a big advantage.

  2. Britain’s Dangerous Migration Fixation
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    Britain’s Dangerous Migration Fixation

    Jul 3, 2024 Antara Haldar argues that failed Tory policies, not migrants, are undermining the economy’s future prospects.

  3. Still Haunted by the Washington Consensus
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    Still Haunted by the Washington Consensus

    May 31, 2024 Antara Haldar thinks the old one-size-fits-all model is still causing problems, despite having been discredited.

  4. The Psychologist Who Convinced Economists that to Err Is Human
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    The Psychologist Who Convinced Economists that to Err Is Human

    May 7, 2024 Antara Haldar reflects on the pioneering work and legacy of one of the world’s most influential social scientists.

  5. Can AI Learn to Obey the Law?
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    Can AI Learn to Obey the Law?

    Apr 3, 2024 Antara Haldar offers a conceptual framework for navigating current debates about regulation and governance.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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