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Barbara Unmüßig

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Barbara Unmüßig is President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

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  1. Food Systems on the Edge
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    Food Systems on the Edge

    Aug 18, 2021 Barbara Unmüßig fears that the upcoming United Nations summit will entrench the inequitable status quo.

  2. A Radically Realistic Climate Vision
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    A Radically Realistic Climate Vision

    Nov 1, 2018 Barbara Unmüßig argues that limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is both possible and essential.

  3. A Climate-Friendly Response to Trump’s Protectionism
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    A Climate-Friendly Response to Trump’s Protectionism

    Jun 4, 2018 Barbara Unmüßig & Michael Kellner call on the EU to implement a levy on greenhouse-gas emissions, including climate border adjustment.

  4. The Geoengineering Fallacy
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    The Geoengineering Fallacy

    Oct 12, 2017 Barbara Unmüßig raises serious doubts about the viability and safety of proposed technological fixes for climate change.

  5. The Plant-Based Solution to Hunger
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    The Plant-Based Solution to Hunger

    Dec 27, 2016 Barbara Unmüßig warns that industrial meat production is taking land that billions of people need to survive.

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    Trump Can Win Against China – in Ukraine

    Simon Johnson & Oleg Ustenko

    A much lower price cap on Russian crude, backed up with stronger sanctions enforcement, would leave Russia with no choice but to withdraw from Ukraine. That, in turn, would send a powerful signal to Russia’s allies, and to the Chinese leadership in particular: Anyone who attacks a neighbor will suffer crippling economic consequences.

     argue that forcing Russia to withdraw would yield a clearer win for the US than tariffs on Chinese imports.
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    Trump’s Best Hope for Peace Is to Support Ukraine

    Tatyana Deryugina, et al. warn that trying to appease Putin could cast the American president-elect as a modern-day Neville Chamberlain.
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    Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons?

    Slavoj Žižek dismisses the idea that firing Western missiles at Russian targets represents a dangerous escalation.
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    The End of the Liberal West

    Joschka Fischer considers what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for Europe and the post-war world order.
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    Trump’s Inflationary Triple Threat

    Maurice Obstfeld warns that the incoming administration’s agenda would weaken the Fed and destabilize the financial system.
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    What Will Trump Do About China?

    US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to take a confrontational approach to China, with tariffs as his weapon of choice. But unless his administration adopts a measured approach, his plans may end up harming American businesses and consumers, undermining US democracy, or even leading to military confrontation.

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    The Big Picture

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    Human Progress in the Trump Era

    Tawakkol Karman, et al. propose ways to foster a culture of cooperation at a time of rising conflict and democratic erosion.
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    Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy

    Jeffrey Frankel

    It is often said that a businessman like Donald Trump or Elon Musk will know how to put America’s fiscal house in order. But between Trump’s planned tax cuts and Musk’s absurd estimate of how much federal spending can be reduced, the smart money says they have no idea what they are doing.

     dives into the incoming US administration’s absurd claim that fresh tax cuts will not increase the deficit.

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