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Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg

Writing for PS since 2019
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Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, a former World Bank Group chief economist and editor-in-chief of the American Economic Review, is Professor of Economics at Yale University.

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  1. Why Are Americans Dissatisfied Despite a Strong Economy?
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    Why Are Americans Dissatisfied Despite a Strong Economy?

    Jan 19, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg examines several possible explanations for the Biden administration’s counterintuitively low public approval.

  2. What Economics Was Missing
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    What Economics Was Missing

    Nov 21, 2023 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg highlights two especially relevant insights from the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize.

  3. Protectionism Started the Geopolitical Fire
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    Protectionism Started the Geopolitical Fire

    Sep 19, 2023 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg considers the role that tariffs have played in undermining global cooperation and driving conflict.

  4. An Immigration Wake-Up Call
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    An Immigration Wake-Up Call

    Jul 19, 2023 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg urges policymakers in the rich world to embrace the inevitability of increased economic migration.

  5. The Climate Elephants in the Room
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    The Climate Elephants in the Room

    May 19, 2023 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg thinks the best strategy is to focus on the few countries that account for most of the problem.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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