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Josh Lipsky

Josh Lipsky

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Josh Lipsky, Senior Director of the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center, is a former adviser at the International Monetary Fund and the US State Department.

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  1. The Geopolitical Imperative to Upgrade the Dollar
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    The Geopolitical Imperative to Upgrade the Dollar

    Jun 24, 2024 Jordan Bleicher & Josh Lipsky explain how emerging technologies are facilitating efforts to challenge the greenback’s global dominance.

  2. We Must Expand Debt Relief for Developing Countries
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    We Must Expand Debt Relief for Developing Countries

    May 20, 2020 Josh Lipsky & Jeremy Mark explain why sovereign and commercial creditors should extend repayment freezes and grant significant relief.

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    Fintech Must Embrace Universal Inclusion

    Carl Manlan & Adanna Chukwuma point out that developing financial products for people with disabilities is a major economic opportunity.
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    The Urgency of Global Debt Reform

    Anne O. Krueger highlights the need for an international framework that prevents prolonged restructuring negotiations.
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    Economic Development in a Protectionist World

    Raghuram G. Rajan thinks poorer countries should be exploring new growth models, regardless of whether a new trade war erupts.
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    China Takes Aim at Philippine Democracy

    Adam Nelson & May Butoy urge the US and its regional allies to focus on helping policymakers address five key vulnerabilities.
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    The Economic Consequences of Trump 2.0

    Simon Johnson explains why reality is unlikely to come close to matching the US president-elect's rhetoric.
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    Our AI Near-Future

    Charles Ferguson

    Although AI has great potential to bring exciting changes to education, art, medicine, robotics, and other fields, it also poses major risks, most of which are not being addressed. Judging by the response so far from political and other institutions, we can safely expect many years of instability.

    offers a brief roadmap of how the technology will evolve and be deployed over the next few years.
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    The Indians Dividing MAGA

    Shashi Tharoor shows how one immigrant group became central to the “civil war” within Donald Trump’s base.
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    Shock Therapy for Multilateralism

    Harold James considers what another Donald Trump presidency will, and will not, mean for global cooperation.
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    Will Trump Fire the Fed?

    Kenneth Rogoff

    Despite Donald Trump’s assurances that he will not seek to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, there is little doubt that the US president-elect aims to gain greater influence over the Fed’s decision-making. Such interference could drive up long-term interest rates, damaging the American economy.

    worries about the incoming US administration’s plans to weaken the central bank’s independence.

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