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Vinod Thomas, a former senior vice president at the World Bank and former director-general at the Asian Development Bank, is a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

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  1. Accountability for Climate Catastrophes
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    Accountability for Climate Catastrophes

    Oct 18, 2021 Vinod Thomas compares greenhouse-gas emissions to smoking, because both can now be linked directly to grave harms.

  2. The Case for Carbon Import Taxes
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    The Case for Carbon Import Taxes

    Jul 8, 2021 Eduardo Araral & Vinod Thomas urge EU and US policymakers to adhere to the key principles that should govern emissions-based levies.

  3. The Necessity of Climate Economics
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    The Necessity of Climate Economics

    Oct 16, 2019 Vinod Thomas urges economists to make the negative externality of global warming central to their growth models.

  4. Hurricanes at the Ballot Box
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    Hurricanes at the Ballot Box

    Sep 19, 2018 Vinod Thomas says extreme weather is an opportunity to hold elected officials accountable for climate change.

  5. How Climate Action Can Make America Great
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    How Climate Action Can Make America Great

    Dec 15, 2016 Vinod Thomas thinks US President-elect Donald Trump has good reason to help combat global warming.

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    Europe’s New Power Trio

    Simon Toubeau foresees Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen, and Manfred Weber boosting the bloc’s security and economy.
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    Canada Must Learn From the Green Backlash

    Jonathan D. Ostry calls for climate policies to reflect social realities, instead of being based solely on economic efficiency.
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    Will There Be a Sustained US Market Selloff?

    Dambisa Moyo identifies several indicators that investors and business leaders should keep an eye on.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal, but That Won’t Matter

    Aziz Huq sees an unlawful trade war as a window into America’s crumbling constitutional order.
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    Let Afghan Women Lead

    Palwasha Hassan & Shafiqa Khpalwak urge the international community to support some of the world's most repressed yet tenacious people.
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    Saving Ukraine

    By choosing to side with the aggressor in the Ukraine war, President Donald Trump’s administration has effectively driven the final nail into the coffin of US global leadership. Unless Europe fills the void – first and foremost by supporting Ukraine – it faces the prospect of more chaos and conflict in the years to come.

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    Abundance and Its Discontents

    James Livingston

    For most of human history, economic scarcity was a constant – the condition that had to be escaped, mitigated, or rationalized. Why, then, is scarcity's opposite regarded as a problem?

     asks why the absence of economic scarcity is viewed as a problem rather than a cause for celebration.
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    What Role for the Bond Vigilantes?

    J. Bradford DeLong, et al. consider whether the return of the “bond vigilantes” will become a persistent issue for major economies
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    Maintaining Progress in a Post-American World

    Olivier Blanchard & Jean Pisani-Ferry identify four big global challenges that can still be tackled through “coalitions of the willing.”

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