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Martin Neil Baily

Martin Neil Baily

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Martin Neil Baily is Chair in Economic Policy Development and Senior Fellow and Director of the Business and Public Policy Initiative at the Brookings Institution.

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  1. When Globalization Goes Digital
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    When Globalization Goes Digital

    Jun 24, 2016 Martin Neil Baily & James Manyika argue that a world in which flows of data outstrip flows of goods puts the US at a clear advantage.

  2. Innovation with Chinese Characteristics
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    Innovation with Chinese Characteristics

    Oct 28, 2015 Martin Neil Baily & Jonathan Woetzel expect China to emerge as a global hub of research and development in the next decade.

  3. Reassessing the Internet of Things
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    Reassessing the Internet of Things

    Aug 6, 2015 Martin Neil Baily & James Manyika say that the returns from the new technology could exceed what even the hype suggests.

  4. Emerging Economies’ Demographic Challenge
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    Emerging Economies’ Demographic Challenge

    Feb 26, 2015 Martin Neil Baily & Jaana Remes argue that accelerated productivity gains are key to sustaining catch-up growth.

  5. The Infrastructure Solution
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    The Infrastructure Solution

    Jun 11, 2014 Martin Neil Baily & Robert Palter make the case for a smarter approach to the planning and management of projects.

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    Democracies Are Not “Backsliding”

    Jan-Werner Mueller thinks the language commonly used to describe the shift toward authoritarianism is hampering solutions.
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    Christine Lagarde’s Gifts to Populists

    Yanis Varoufakis worries that the European Central Bank's blunders have revived the far right's political fortunes.
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    Bridging the Climate-Development Gap

    Dani Rodrik & Ishac Diwan explain how to free up fiscal space for sustainable development in many low- and middle-income countries.
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    Lower Transaction Costs for Greater Innovation

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng highlight the link between access to global markets and investment in research and development.
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    Ashoka Mody on Indian corruption, growth, jobs, and more

    Ashoka Mody explains the roots of the lack of accountability in India, highlights shortcomings in human capital and gender equality, casts doubt on the country’s ability to assume a Chinese-style role in manufacturing, and more.
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    Why India’s Women Are More Vulnerable to Disasters

    Joyita Roy Chowdhury & Prarthna Agarwal Goel call attention to gender inequalities that exacerbate the effects of floods and other natural catastrophes.
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    Europe in the Age of Industrial Policy

    Michael Spence

    While China and the US take advantage of scale to pursue large-scale investment in critical sectors, the EU struggles to follow suit, owing to its decentralized fiscal structures and rules limiting government subsidies to industry. A new EU-level investment program is urgently needed.

    advocates a federal investment program, funded by EU sovereign-debt issuance and administered centrally.
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    Fixing Global Governance

    Gordon Brown explains how to make the G20 and the Bretton Woods institutions fit for purpose once again.
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    The EU Needs Fiscal Union

    Lucrezia Reichlin laments the pro-cyclical bent of the European Commission’s proposed reforms to fiscal rules.

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