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Finance of the Future

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    Whither Crypto?

    Ari Juels & Eswar Prasad look beyond the industry’s rampant fraud to a future of blockchain-enabled financial transparency.
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    The Strange Case of Samuel Bankman-Fried

    Eric Posner sees the fallen crypto star as a predictable example of crude utilitarian calculation gone wrong.
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    The Dollar’s Full-Spectrum Dominance

    Carla Norrlöf foresees the greenback’s continued global hegemony owing to network effects and opportunism.
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    Regulation, Not Crypto, Is Broken

    Koray Caliskan explains that governing the newest form of money requires a profound shift in thinking about finance.
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    The Real Cost of De-Dollarization

    Benn Steil urges American policymakers and legislators to refrain from weaponizing the greenback.
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    Currency, Conflict, and Global Order

    Carla Norrlöf identifies a key problem with predictions of the demise of the US dollar’s global hegemony.
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    The Case for Tokenized Bank Deposits

    Rodney Garratt & Hyun Song Shin envision a digital money ecosystem powered by commercial banks’ deposit tokens, rather than stablecoins.
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    Simon Johnson on stablecoins, artificial intelligence, inequality, and more

    Simon Johnson explains why a moratorium on advanced-AI development would do little good, pours cold water on the prevailing techno-optimist narrative, makes the case for scrapping payroll taxes, and more.

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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.
  8. benami208_FADEL SENNAAFP via Getty Images_israel palestine FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images
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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.
  9. buruma208_Patrick van KatwijkBSR AgencyGetty Images_wilders1 Patrick van KatwijkBSR AgencyGetty Images
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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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