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Bruce Ackerman, Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, is the author, most recently, of The Postmodern Predicament: Existential Challenges of the 21st Century (Yale University Press, 2024).

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  1. Trump Won, but Trumpism Did Not
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    Trump Won, but Trumpism Did Not

    Nov 18, 2024 Bruce Ackerman thinks the president-elect’s agenda will falter as many congressional Republicans eye the midterm elections.

  2. Middle East Peace and the US Election
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    Middle East Peace and the US Election

    Jul 22, 2024 Bruce Ackerman sees the arrival of a moderate Iranian president as an electoral opportunity for the Democrats.

  3. The Path Not Taken in Trump’s Immunity Case
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    The Path Not Taken in Trump’s Immunity Case

    Jul 2, 2024 Bruce Ackerman argues that the US Supreme Court should have followed the approach defended by Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

  4. Iran’s Election Could Bring Lasting Middle-East Peace
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    Iran’s Election Could Bring Lasting Middle-East Peace

    Jun 26, 2024 Bruce Ackerman urges the US to respond constructively if opposition candidate Masoud Pezeshkian wins the presidency.

  5. America’s Childcare Is Unfit for the Postmodern Age
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    America’s Childcare Is Unfit for the Postmodern Age

    Apr 23, 2024 Bruce Ackerman urges US President Joe Biden to put universal preschool at the center of his re-election campaign.

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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami

    America's president subscribes to a brand of isolationism that has waxed and waned throughout US history, but has its roots in the two-century-old Monroe Doctrine. This is bad news for nearly everyone, because it implies acceptance of a world order based on spheres of influence, as envisioned by China and Russia.

     hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
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    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill

    Financial markets and official economic indicators over the past few weeks give policymakers around the world plenty to contemplate. Was the recent spike in bond yields a sufficient warning to Donald Trump and his team, or will they still follow through with inflationary stimulus, tariff, and immigration policies?

     wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.
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    The TikTok Boomerang

    Angela Huyue Zhang thinks the US government's ban on the app has left it in an untenable position.
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    Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States

    Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.
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    School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development

    Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.
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    A House Gutted by Fire

    Terry Lynn Karl blames the inferno now consuming Los Angeles County squarely on greenhouse-gas emissions.

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