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Swee Kheng Khor

Swee Kheng Khor

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Swee Kheng Khor, a Malaysian physician specializing in health policies and global health, holds fellowships at Chatham House, the United Nations University, and the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia.

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  1. A Health New Deal
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    A Health New Deal

    Jul 6, 2021 Swee Kheng Khor maps out how the COVID-19 crisis could lead to an ambitious expansion of health infrastructure around the world.

  2. Three Vaccine Assumptions for 2021
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    Three Vaccine Assumptions for 2021

    Feb 23, 2021 Swee Kheng Khor sees delays, rising inequality, and geopolitics as the main risks to countries' COVID-19 immunization drives.

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    The Global Economy’s Hidden Weaknesses

    Eswar Prasad looks beyond promising headline trends to identify deep-seated risks and barriers to growth.
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    Shifting the Paradigm in Ukraine

    Marci Shore examines the tragic causes and deadly consequences of the ban on using US weapons against targets in Russia.
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    Is China Facing a Deflationary Trap?

    Patrick Bolton & Haizhou Huang consider what it will take for the government to break the cycle of declining spending and falling prices.
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    The BRICS Effect

    Brahma Chellaney asks whether the group of major emerging economies can catalyze a long-overdue revamping of global governance.
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    The Brutes’ New Suits

    James Livingston

    In capitalist economies, banks are supposed to pool society's savings and channel them to sectors where, opportunity costs being equal, profits are predictably higher than elsewhere. But is that really what today's bankers are doing?

     asks why so many observers now believe that institutions central to modern economies are running a con game.
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    How to Judge the New British Government’s First Budget

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    If UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves tried to meet all the political demands that have been placed on her, her budget would likely result in disappointing growth and financial instability. Instead, the new government's first budget should be judged according to four longer-term criteria.

     lists four criteria for assessing the chancellor's attempt to meet a long list of unrealistic demands.
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    Outsourcing Our Future to For-Profit AI

    Katharina Pistor worries that we have already ceded control to self-interested private corporations and their shareholders.
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    Investments in Nature Will Decide Our Future

    Ambroise Fayolle points out that biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage jeopardize all other global development goals.
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    The Roots of Europe’s Immigration Problem

    Robert Skidelsky calls attention to the conditions that lead African migrants to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean.

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