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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. Are Tariffs Worth It?
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    Are Tariffs Worth It?

    Nov 20, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg thinks the risks and costs for the US will far outweigh any potential political or geopolitical benefits.

  2. What a Successful Industrial Policy Needs
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    What a Successful Industrial Policy Needs

    Sep 17, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg demonstrates that while subsidies can help, knowledge and technology transfers are crucial.

  3. Is Greece’s Six-Day Work Week a Harbinger?
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    Is Greece’s Six-Day Work Week a Harbinger?

    Jul 19, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg points out that the country is facing the same demographic problem as almost all advanced economies.

  4. The High Costs of the New US Tariffs on Chinese EVs
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    The High Costs of the New US Tariffs on Chinese EVs

    May 22, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg laments the Biden administration's embrace of costly, futile efforts to outcompete low-cost rivals.

  5. Why Have Developing Countries Soured on Multilateralism?
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    Why Have Developing Countries Soured on Multilateralism?

    Mar 19, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg traces the roots of dissatisfaction to advanced economies' use of bodies like the World Trade Organization.

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    A Better Approach to Climate Finance

    Ricardo Hausmann

    By harnessing the capabilities of developing countries, we can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities. This approach would not only advance crucial climate goals but also ensure that a larger share of the world’s population can enjoy the fruits of the clean-energy transition.

     shows how developing countries can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities.
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    Trump’s Bad COP

    Jayati Ghosh says the Paris climate agreement’s future depends on how other countries respond to the new US administration.
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    Are Tariffs Worth It?

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg thinks the risks and costs for the US will far outweigh any potential political or geopolitical benefits.
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    Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?

    Liane Schalatek warns that rich countries are once again shirking their responsibility to provide adequate climate finance.
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    How Global Public Investment Should Work

    Mariana Mazzucato & Jonathan Glennie

    Addressing problems like climate change and biodiversity loss calls for new thinking about how to mobilize the huge volume of financing that will be needed. International cooperation must be re-framed as a collective endeavor in which all countries benefit, contribute, and make investment decisions together.

     propose a new model to unlock financing for action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and other issues.
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    COP29 Must Deliver the Goods

    Ana Palacio hopes that geopolitical uncertainty will not thwart ambitious, credible climate-finance commitments.
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    Interspecies Money Is Here

    Nils Gilman & Mutesi Rusagara look beyond the first ever payments to animals and see a new model for human-wildlife economic collaboration.
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    A Trump Boom?

    Michael R. Strain thinks the president-elect’s economic policies could be wildly successful if he avoids his worst impulses.
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    Nicholas Agar on Elon Musk, AI, the futurism industry, and more

    Nicholas Agar urges us not to put too much stock in Musk-style “Mars-shots,” describes how the humanities needs to evolve in our time of disorienting change, suggests that humanists might soon get bored with artificial intelligence, and more.

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