Featuring exclusive short films by prominent political leaders, policymakers, scholars, business leaders, and civic activists from around the world, PS provides cutting-edge analysis and insight on the issues affecting our global audience the most.
Jun 2, 2020Econ Films
hosts a discussion with Jim O'Neill and Willem Buiter on whether the pandemic has untethered the financial markets from the real economy.
May 25, 2020Econ Films
hosts a discussion with Ha-Joon Chang on the lessons that the rest of the world can learn from East Asian governments’ responses to the pandemic.
May 20, 2020Econ Films
hosts a discussion with Esther Duflo, Achim Steiner, and Joseph E. Stiglitz about how to stop the pandemic from becoming a catastrophe in the developing world.
Apr 30, 2020Econ Films
hosts a discussion with Roman Frydman and Rob Johnson about Western governments’ economic-policy response to the COVID-19 crisis.
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With COVID-19 inflicting massive economic costs around the world, the two billion people working in informal sectors will be the hardest hit. But if these workers are brought into the fold of the global economy, they can tap into huge stores of wealth that already lie at their fingertips.
Compared to governance disasters like the United States under President Donald Trump, contemporary Germany looks like a bastion of stability. But recent books by leading German commentators raise the possibility that Europe's largest economy is not ready for prime time as a global actor.
Not long ago, America was the unchallenged global hegemon. But as inept leadership fuels an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases amid deepening economic distress and nationwide protests against systemic racism and police violence, many are wondering whether the US can govern itself, much less lead the world.
