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Jan T. Gross

Jan T. Gross

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Jan T. Gross, Emeritus Professor of War and Society and Emeritus Professor of History at Princeton University, is the author, most recently, of Golden Harvest (Oxford University Press, 2012).

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  1. An American Catastrophe
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    An American Catastrophe

    Jan 10, 2025 Jan T. Gross wonders how long it will take the United States to rebuild what Donald Trump is about to destroy.

  2. Criminalizing the Truth
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    Criminalizing the Truth

    Feb 9, 2018 Jan T. Gross interviewed by Sławomir Sierakowski about Poland’s new law proscribing references to Polish complicity in the Holocaust.

  3. Eastern Europe’s Crisis of Shame
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    Eastern Europe’s Crisis of Shame

    Sep 13, 2015 Jan T. Gross traces the region's anti-refugee animus to World War II and its aftermath.

  4. Jedwabne: A New Name of the Holocaust

    Jedwabne: A New Name of the Holocaust

    Jul 5, 2001 Rev. Stanislaw Musial & Jan T. Gross

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    Decommodify Electricity

    Jayati Ghosh shows why the market cannot mobilize the clean-energy investments needed to accelerate the green transition.
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    Three Reasons Why AI’s Momentum Could Stall in 2025

    Dambisa Moyo

    While artificial intelligence has the potential to drive global growth and boost productivity, the industry is grappling with mounting challenges like soaring development costs and energy requirements. Meanwhile, investors are questioning whether AI investments can deliver meaningful returns.

    identifies three negative trends that could stifle innovation and slow the pace of technological progress.
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    Solving India’s Industrialization Puzzle

    Rabah Arezki & Partha Sen ask why, unlike Bangladesh and Vietnam, manufacturing has not benefited from rising labor costs in China.
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    Ensuring Europe’s Supply of Critical Minerals

    Rüya Perincek & Andreas Goldthau call for coordinated funding, resource diplomacy, and secondary material partnerships to boost recycling.
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    Readying the Resistance, Again

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca

    The United States is not a monarchy, but a federal republic. States and cities controlled by Democrats represent half the country, and they can resist Donald Trump’s overreach by using the tools of progressive federalism, many of which were sharpened during his first administration.

    see Democrat-controlled states as a potential check on Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.
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    Russia’s Nostalgia Machine

    Nina L. Khrushcheva explores how the Kremlin relies on an idealized version of the past to comfort – and subdue – the public.
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    The Trade Shifts Redefining Economic Development

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta consider the long-term implications of three major trends that could reshape globalization.
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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.

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