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What Explains the BJP’s Rise?
What Explains the BJP’s Rise?
Gaurav Dalmia ennumerates the reasons why the ruling party has come to dominate the country’s electoral landscape. -
Trump’s Plans for the Fed Would Revive 1970s-Style Inflation
Trump’s Plans for the Fed Would Revive 1970s-Style Inflation
Maurice Obstfeld thinks the presumptive GOP nominee’s policies reflect an outdated understanding of the economy. -
Mandela’s Heirs Face Their Biggest Election Test
Mandela’s Heirs Face Their Biggest Election Test
Adekeye Adebajo explains why the African National Congress could lose its 30-year monopoly on power. -
The Zero-Sum Logic Fueling the Rise of Germany’s Far Right
The Zero-Sum Logic Fueling the Rise of Germany’s Far Right
Dalia Marin thinks that promoting economic growth remains the most effective antidote to nativist sentiments. -
Why China Provides Evidence for Optimists and Pessimists Alike
Why China Provides Evidence for Optimists and Pessimists Alike
Zhang Jun explains why rigorous, evidence-based assessments of the economy's performance can diverge sharply. -
What Mission-Driven Government Means
What Mission-Driven Government Means
Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel correct common misconceptions about a particular form of state participation in the economy. -
Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism
Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism
Joseph E. Stiglitz considers what 40 years of anti-government, low-tax, deregulatory advocacy have wrought around the world. -
What TikTok Got Wrong About America
What TikTok Got Wrong About America
Nancy Qian thinks the company sealed its fate by aggressively interfering in the US political process. -
India’s Despotic Election
India’s Despotic Election
Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has eroded democratic safeguards and stacked the deck in his favor. -
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Trump’s Plans for the Fed Would Revive 1970s-Style Inflation
Trump’s Plans for the Fed Would Revive 1970s-Style Inflation
May 8, 2024 Maurice Obstfeld thinks the presumptive GOP nominee’s policies reflect an outdated understanding of the economy.
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Mandela’s Heirs Face Their Biggest Election Test
Mandela’s Heirs Face Their Biggest Election Test
May 8, 2024 Adekeye Adebajo explains why the African National Congress could lose its 30-year monopoly on power.
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What Explains the BJP’s Rise?
What Explains the BJP’s Rise?
May 8, 2024 Gaurav Dalmia ennumerates the reasons why the ruling party has come to dominate the country’s electoral landscape.
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Why China Provides Evidence for Optimists and Pessimists Alike
Why China Provides Evidence for Optimists and Pessimists Alike
May 8, 2024 Zhang Jun explains why rigorous, evidence-based assessments of the economy's performance can diverge sharply.
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The Zero-Sum Logic Fueling the Rise of Germany’s Far Right
The Zero-Sum Logic Fueling the Rise of Germany’s Far Right
May 8, 2024 Dalia Marin thinks that promoting economic growth remains the most effective antidote to nativist sentiments.
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India’s Despotic Election
India’s Despotic Election
Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has eroded democratic safeguards and stacked the deck in his favor. -
Alison L. LaCroix on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more
Alison L. LaCroix on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more
Alison L. LaCroix explains why “originalist” methods of constitutional interpretation are deeply ahistorical, describes the zero-sum relationship between state and federal power in modern America, identifies possible historical analogues for the upcoming US presidential election, and more. -
The Perils of Retirement in America
The Perils of Retirement in America
Teresa Ghilarducci proposes a Grey New Deal that would boost economic security for all US workers in old age. -
China’s Rebalancing Imperative
China’s Rebalancing Imperative
Stephen S. Roach explains why the Chinese authorities should switch to a consumption- and productivity-led growth model. -
Minxin Pei on China’s economy, surveillance state, repression of dissent, and more
Minxin Pei on China’s economy, surveillance state, repression of dissent, and more
Minxin Pei doubts China’s government is willing to do what is needed to restore growth, describes the low-tech approaches taken by the country’s vast security apparatus, considers the Chinese social-credit system’s repressive potential, and more. -
Governments Must Shape AI’s Future
Governments Must Shape AI’s Future
Mariana Mazzucato & Fausto Gernone urge policymakers to see themselves as proactive participants in technological innovation and market-making.
Profit and Peril
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Is Climate Action China’s Trump Card?
Is Climate Action China’s Trump Card?
Li Shuo & Lauri Myllyvirta explain why the country’s emissions-reduction plan for 2035 could accelerate the fight against global warming. -
AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities
AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities
Justina Nixon-Saintil surveys the technology's foreseeable applications in promoting urban sustainable development. -
What a Climate-Aligned IMF Would Look Like
What a Climate-Aligned IMF Would Look Like
Mohamed Nasheed & Rakesh Mohan explain how the managing director can fully position the institution to help the most vulnerable countries.