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    America Has No Alternative to Industrial Policy

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks new threats to economic security outweigh the reasons for opposing government-led development.
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    China’s Economic Paradox

    Yuen Yuen Ang explains a seemingly contradictory trajectory characterized by a high-tech boom and stagnating growth.
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    A concise selection of essential reading on the most important issues related to economics and finance, delivered to your inbox every Thursday.

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    Would Harris or Trump Be Better for the World Economy?

    Shang-Jin Wei compares the two US presidential candidates’ likely agendas for global trade.
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    Is Gross National Happiness the Way Forward?

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng advocate an approach to development that, like Bhutan’s, accounts for more dimensions of human well-being.
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    What Will It Take to Awaken Europe?

    Jean Pisani-Ferry worries that expert consensus on how to tackle the triple crisis facing the EU will not translate into action.
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    India Needs More Big Businesses

    Keun Lee considers what it would take for the country to become an economic superpower on par with China.
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    Analytical Volatility Is Worse than Market Whiplash

    Mohamed A. El-Erian considers why economic forecasters have been responding so dramatically to each data release.
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    What Microfinance Can Teach Economists

    Antara Haldar considers lessons from Bangladesh’s recent history of political tumult and financial experimentation.
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    The High Cost of the Netherlands’ Mpox Vaccine Hoarding

    Gordon Brown condemns European populists’ failure to heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    How to Make the Most of the Kursk Gambit

    Samuel Charap & Charles A. Kupchan think Ukraine and its partners have a big opportunity to start working toward a negotiated end to the war.
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    The US Election Will Overturn Europe’s Strategic Status Quo

    Mark Leonard worries that Europeans are unprepared for whoever will succeed US President Joe Biden.
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    The Water-Security Crisis

    Mariana Mazzucato, et al.

    Increasingly severe water shortages represent a human-made crisis that can be resolved through human interventions. The situation demands new thinking about the economics of this critical resource and how to manage it through mission-oriented strategies that span all levels of governance.

     call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.
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    The European Green Deal Is Already Benefiting Consumers

    Agustín Reyna rejects the misguided notion that voters are indifferent to environmental concerns.
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    What Is Kamala Harris’s Foreign Policy?

    Ian Bremmer

    Although Kamala Harris is largely aligned with Joe Biden on many global and strategic issues, her unique worldview promises a distinct form of leadership on the international stage. Not only would US foreign policy shift under a Harris administration; it could change in highly consequential ways.

     considers how the Democratic presidential nominees' views compare to Joe Biden's.
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    Will the German Center Hold?

    Helmut K. Anheier considers what is driving support for extremist parties in the country’s eastern states.
  8. delong263_MEGAN JELINGERAFP via Getty Images_USindustrysteel Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images
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    America Has No Alternative to Industrial Policy

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks new threats to economic security outweigh the reasons for opposing government-led development.
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    US Foreign Policy in 2025

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. compares the two presidential candidates’ attitudes and positions on major global issues.

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