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Isabel Ortiz

Isabel Ortiz

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Isabel Ortiz, Director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, is a former director of the International Labor Organization and UNICEF, and a former senior official at the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank.

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  1. Ending the Austerity Pandemic
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    Ending the Austerity Pandemic

    Dec 8, 2022 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins warn that governments are returning to the same failed belt-tightening policies of the past.

  2. Another Year of Living Dangerously
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    Another Year of Living Dangerously

    Dec 31, 2019 Isabel Ortiz warns of more austerity, protests, rising inequality, and environmental degradation in 2020.

  3. The Insanity of Austerity
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    The Insanity of Austerity

    Oct 11, 2019 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins are alarmed by economic policymakers’ continued obsession with fiscal retrenchment at a time of slowing growth.

  4. The Austerity Pandemic
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    The Austerity Pandemic

    Jun 14, 2013 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins on the economic reasons for political unrest.

  5. Recovery and Equality
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    Recovery and Equality

    Jul 26, 2012 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins

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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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    How to Achieve Universal Access to Digital IDs

    David Eaves & Luanna Roncaratti propose five guiding principles for designing reliable identification systems tailored to national needs.
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    Make Europe Great Again

    Harold James

    During the postwar era, Germany's traditional parties worked to establish an economic model that balanced markets with the need for rules to limit economic power. If they want to end their country's economic malaise and help prepare Europe for the future, they would do well to revive the social market tradition.

    urges the next German government to help revive the postwar European social market economy.
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    America’s Stab in the Back

    “There’s a new sheriff in town,” declared US Vice President J.D. Vance at this year’s Munich Security Conference. With his boss, “Sheriff” Donald Trump, openly disparaging America’s longstanding security commitments and actively undermining European security, the United States can no longer be trusted, and it is up to Europe’s leaders to bolster the continent’s defense capacity – and fast.

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    Europe’s Independence Day

    Mark Leonard

    Incoming Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz is an unlikely candidate to lead a decisive break with the United States. But an erstwhile über-Atlanticist and fiscal conservative might be the only German politician who can credibly bury the country's economically disastrous "debt brake" and pave the way for a truly independent Europe.

    asks how Germany's incoming chancellor can ensure the continent's defense – not least against the US.
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    What European Security Requires

    Laurence Tubiana warns EU leaders not to go soft on decarbonization in the name of defense or stability.
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    The Sahel’s Dangerous Downward Spiral

    Jaynisha Patel calls for renewed regional cooperation, backed by partnerships with outside actors, to stabilize the region.