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John J. Donohue

John J. Donohue

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John J. Donohue, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, is a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, a fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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  1. The Crisis of America’s Public Defenders
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    The Crisis of America’s Public Defenders

    Oct 8, 2024 John J. Donohue & Eric A. Baldwin advocate a novel legal framework that could both increase fairness and help reduce crime.

  2. FTX Was Never Really Bankrupt
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    FTX Was Never Really Bankrupt

    Jan 26, 2024 Ian Ayres & John J. Donohue show why prosecutors' claim of $8 billion in customer losses in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is misleading.

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    Trump’s Tariffs and the Will to Power

    Richard K. Sherwin

    Donald Trump views tariffs as much more than a policy. While they will make life materially worse for people around the world – not least Americans – what matters to him is the spectacle of a heroic leader demonstrating his capacity to induce shock and awe.

     thinks those who question the rationality of recent US trade policy are missing the point.
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    Americans Can’t Win from Trump’s Trade War

    Nancy Qian sees only nonsense in the administration's rationale for “reciprocal” tariffs and the formula for setting them.
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    South Korea's Flourishing Culture and Teetering Democracy

    Katharine H.S. Moon

    While the Constitutional Court has upheld President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment and formally removed him from office, South Korea’s fragile democracy is likely to remain on shaky ground. As long as political polarization persists, the threat of authoritarianism will continue to loom large.

     traces the country’s recent turmoil to the lasting impact of the Cold War and decades of military rule.
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    China’s World – or Europe’s?

    Orville Schell urges Europeans to dispel wishful thinking about what the post-American world will require of them.
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    A US Tariff Idea That Makes Sense

    Simon Johnson touts the benefits of a bipartisan Senate bill that would target Russian oil exports.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Accelerate America’s Economic Decline

    Kaushik Basu draws parallels between the administration’s policies and those that led to Argentina’s decades-long slump.
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    Trump, Tariffs, and the Fate of the Dollar

    Mark Blyth argues that America’s protectionist policies reflect a global economic reordering that was already underway.
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    Trump’s Old World Order

    Ahmet Davutoğlu warns that the US administration’s reckless conduct may destroy the last vestiges of multilateral cooperation.
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    Crippling America’s Innovation Economy

    William H. Janeway warns that the pillars of US dynamism and competitiveness are being systematically toppled.

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