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Richard K. Sherwin

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Richard K. Sherwin is Professor Emeritus of Law at New York Law School.

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  1. Patriots in Name Only
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    Patriots in Name Only

    Jan 25, 2023 Richard K. Sherwin considers the implications of the Republican Party's challenge to the state's power to make and enforce law.

  2. Elon Musk’s Covert War on Free Speech
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    Elon Musk’s Covert War on Free Speech

    Oct 13, 2022 Richard K. Sherwin shows why the billionaire’s professed rationale for buying Twitter is fundamentally bogus.

  3. America’s Dangerous Descent into Violence
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    America’s Dangerous Descent into Violence

    Jul 22, 2022 Richard K. Sherwin attributes the rise in mass shootings to a politically motivated unraveling of sovereign authority.

  4. Democracy Under Siege in America
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    Democracy Under Siege in America

    Jul 7, 2020 Richard K. Sherwin describes a republic where bad faith pervades the political system and citizens' last recourse is protest.

  5. Democracy’s Missing Meaning
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    Democracy’s Missing Meaning

    May 15, 2015 Richard K. Sherwin believes that defeating violent extremists requires rediscovering democracy’s underlying purposes.

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    Tax the Rich to Save the Planet

    Owen Gaffney argues that reducing economic inequality is the key to strengthening democracy and mitigating climate change.
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    Is Globalization Over?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. explains why reports of the death of humanity's interdependence are greatly exaggerated.
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    Putin and Trump in the Dock?

    Jack Goldsmith explains the risks associated with pursuing criminal prosecutions against high-profile political figures.
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    The Great Revision

    Joschka Fischer examines the broader geopolitical restructuring that was triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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    Why Inflation Persists

    Lars P. Feld

    What "Team Transitory" has missed in the inflation debate is that inflation tends to become persistent because of second-round effects. Not only have producer prices risen over the past year or so, but they also have not yet been fully passed through the value chain.

     navigates the complex array of factors that give rise to one of the biggest problems in macroeconomics.
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    Wanted: Vladimir Putin

    Antara Haldar explains why the International Criminal Court’s indictment is more than just a symbolic victory.
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    Here We Go Again?

    Fifteen years after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered a devastating global financial crisis, the banking system is in trouble again. Central bankers and financial regulators each seem to bear some of the blame for the recent tumult, but there is significant disagreement over how much – and what, if anything, can be done to avoid a deeper crisis.

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    The Coming Doom Loop

    Nouriel Roubini warns that liquidity support will not be enough to prevent a deeper financial crisis and economic downturn.
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    Crises of Uncertainty

    Harold James fears the consequences of policymakers’ continual revision of economic and financial governance rules.

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