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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. What the World Bank Can Do About Climate Change
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    What the World Bank Can Do About Climate Change

    Mar 21, 2023 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg explains how the institution can maximize its contribution to the global net-zero agenda.

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    Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

    Ban Ki-moon, et al. urges oil-exporting countries to kickstart a program of green investment in the Global South at COP28.
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    Germany’s Debt Brake Is Breaking Its Economy

    Marcel Fratzscher warns that a flawed constitutional rule is undermining the country’s ability to pursue essential reforms.
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    Why COP28 Has Already Failed

    Marta Schaaf & Kristine Beckerle say that the UAE’s repression of dissidents and rights activists serves defenders of the climate status quo.
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    In AI, Capital Wins Again

    Katharina Pistor

    The OpenAI saga – in which founder and CEO Sam Altman was suddenly fired and then reinstated, together with a new governing board – may have been enthralling, but it was neither novel nor surprising. Historically, capital usually wins out when there are competing visions for the future of an innovative product or business model.

    shows why OpenAI’s efforts to preserve its founding non-profit mission never stood any chance.
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    Justice for Climate Migrants

    Sameh Shoukry & Amy E. Pope

    Climate change is expected to displace tens of millions of people by mid-century, especially in the Global South. By enhancing international cooperation, we could improve the lives and livelihoods of the displaced and develop sustainable solutions that enable affected communities to rebuild.

    urge leaders to take a holistic approach to addressing the sharp increase in weather-related displacement.
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    Antara Haldar on behavioral economics, development models, global governance, and more

    Antara Haldar advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
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    The New Normal for Central Banks

    Lucrezia Reichlin asks why the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank keep providing liquidity directly to banks.
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    The False Choice Between Palestinian and Jewish Liberation

    Shlomo Ben-Ami rejects the facile moralism of those who view the ongoing war through the narrow lens of decolonization.
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    The Rage of the Outsiders

    Ian Buruma shows what Geert Wilders has in common with other ultra-nationalist politicians, past and present.

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