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Does the US Still Interfere in Foreign Elections? | by Jack Goldsmith - Project Syndicate
Americans were outraged about foreign interference in the 2016 US election, and officials have sought to counter the asymmetric advantage that the Internet gives America's adversaries. But the United States will be unable to establish norms to...
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Americans have been understandably angry and alarmed about foreign electoral interference, notes @jacklgoldsmith of @Harvard_Law. But the #US was arguably the leading exponent of such practices in the 20th century.
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China Leads Again | by Stephen S. Roach - Project Syndicate
US President Donald Trump wears his recent experience with COVID-19 infection as some perverse badge of courage, rather than as a warning of what may lie ahead. And the adverse economic consequences of his administration's approach to the pandemic...
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Both the #US and #Chinese economies experienced comparable contractions during their respective #COVID19 lockdowns, but their recoveries have followed very different trajectories. Stephen S. Roach of @Yale explains why.
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Biden’s Economic Edge | by Jeffrey Frankel - Project Syndicate
Contrary to widespread belief, post-war Democratic US presidents have been significantly better for the American economy than Republicans have. There is every reason to believe that trend will continue if Joe Biden wins on November 3.
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Even the pre-pandemic increases in US GDP, employment, and the stock market under President @realDonaldTrump merely continued trends that he inherited from @BarackObama, argues @Harvard's @JFrankelEcon.
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Nutrition Leadership During a Pandemic | by John Agyekum Kufuor - Project Syndicate
The pandemic has revealed inefficiencies and inequities in government policies aimed at achieving robust and long-lasting improvements in nutrition. African leaders must fight the pandemic in the framework of a longer-term strategy to end...
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As governments strive to protect their populations from the impact of #COVID19, the role of decisive leadership has never been more important – not least in the area of #nutrition, argues former Ghanaian president @JohnAKufuor.
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The US Election’s Chaos Quotient | by Nouriel Roubini - Project Syndicate
While hoping for a conclusive outcome on November 3 (or immediately thereafter), market watchers unfortunately must prepare for the worst. After all, US President Donald Trump and the Republicans are not even hiding their plans to steal the election.
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Anything short of a landslide for @JoeBiden on #election night could create an opening for @realDonaldTrump (and the militias and foreign governments supporting him) to sow chaos and throw the outcome into a more sympathetic venue, worries @Nouriel.
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Immunization Is the Best Weapon Against Poverty | by Anuradha Gupta - Project Syndicate
Anti-vaxxers’ irresponsible misinformation ignores those with the most to lose by not vaccinating: the poorest and most vulnerable, who risk dying or sliding into medical impoverishment if they or their loved ones get sick. For much of the world’s...
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Building confidence in #vaccines will require positive and fact-based information campaigns from trusted sources, and cooperation with social media platforms that often disseminate dangerous anti-vax theories, says @gavi's Anuradha Gupta.
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Can COVID Reduce Global Inequality? | by Econ Films - Project Syndicate
Will the coronavirus pandemic pry open pre-existing social and economic fault lines within countries, or will it serve as a catalyst for ushering in a more equal world? In the latest installment of CoronaNomics, PS contributor Angus Deaton tackles...
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In the latest episode of @econfilm’s @CoronaNomicsTV, @lizzzburden and @BenChu_ speak with Nobel laureate economist @DeatonAngus about what #COVID19 will mean for global #inequality.
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The Middle Eastern Past Is Never Dead | by Mark Leonard - Project Syndicate
The normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (followed quickly by Bahrain) indicates that the Middle East is undergoing a strategic paradigm shift with the Palestinians left out in the cold. But anyone who thinks that...
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.@markhleonard: If @netanyahu fails to develop a viable Palestinian state, his escape from history could prove very short-lived.
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Trump’s Crony Capitalism | by Anne O. Krueger - Project Syndicate
During his first presidential campaign four years ago, Donald Trump promised to change the way America does business. He has kept that promise: Now more than ever, America resembles the kind of crony-capitalist system that one more commonly...
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Under @realDonaldTrump, the United States has begun to epitomize crony capitalism, whereby political leaders extend benefits and protection to businesses in exchange for political acquiescence and economic favors, writes @anneokrueger.
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America’s Multilateralism Election | by Javier Solana - Project Syndicate
Much is at stake for both America and the world in the US presidential election on November 3. Although a Joe Biden victory would not be a panacea, it would allow the United States to renew abandoned commitments, approach its Western allies as true...
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A victory for @JoeBiden on November 3 will not mean an immediate return to US-led multilateralism, warns @javiersolana. But President @realDonaldTrump's re-election would probably damage international cooperation irreversibly. bit.ly/3m9yZsi pic.twitter.com/48K3DSgqqR
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Africa’s WTO Moment | by Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu - Project Syndicate
If she is chosen to head the World Trade Organization, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an experienced development economist, would make a broken institution relevant again. She has the gravitas to build bridges between the US...
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The @wto faces two major crises: an institutional crisis caused by the great-power rivalry between the #UnitedStates and #China, and a crisis of #globalization, says @MoghaluKingsley.
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Getting to Low-Carbon High Seas | by José María Figueres - Project Syndicate
The global shipping industry's annual greenhouse-gas emissions total more than one billion tons, making it a critical front in the fight against climate change. But whether the sector's emissions will shrink or grow over the next decade will depend...
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There are many things that #shipping companies could do right now to reduce their carbon footprints – and their energy costs – explains @figuerescr of @oceanunite.
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The Great Reallocation | by Agustín Carstens - Project Syndicate
Economic growth will eventually return. But its engines will not be the same as before the pandemic. The sooner policymakers recognize this and develop targeted economic-support strategies – which must include a heavy dose of structural reform – the...
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The Bank for International Settlements estimates that bankruptcies among advanced-economy firms could rise by more than 20% (from the 2019 baseline) next year. | Agustín Carstens @BIS_org
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The Time Bomb at the Top of the World | by Mario Molina & Durwood Zaelke - Project Syndicate
People all over the world are already losing their homes and livelihoods to deadly fires, floods, storms, and other disasters. With scientists now expecting the Arctic Ocean to be almost ice-free in late summer, far worse could be yet to come.
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Even if @realDonaldTrump loses next month’s election, the Arctic – and the entire planet – will be in grave danger unless the new administration radically strengthens efforts to cut emissions. | Mario Molina & @DurwoodZaelke
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The depletion of Arctic sea ice threatens to trigger a #climate catastrophe. But in his last piece of writing, Mario Molina, a #Nobel laureate in chemistry, and @DurwoodZaelke show how we can reverse this trend.
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The Leader the WTO Needs | by Mo Ibrahim, Kevin Watkins and Mary Robinson - Project Syndicate
With the world teetering on the brink of historic reversals of hard-won progress on reducing extreme poverty and malnutrition, combating child mortality, and extending educational opportunity, we need a trading system that works for the poor. And...
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It is all too easy to lose sight of why trade matters to ordinary people around the world. @Mo_IbrahimFdn, @save_children's Kevin Watkins, Mary Robinson, et al. show why it does – and why the choice of the next @WTO director-general is so important.
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The @wto needs a director-general equipped to work across political divides, build bridges, and find practical solutions. We believe that @NOIweala is uniquely well placed to play that role, write @Mo_IbrahimFdn, @KevinAtSave, Mary Robinson, et al.
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Think Small for an American Recovery | by Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca - Project Syndicate
Small businesses play an outsize role in the US economy, accounting for about half of all private-sector employment and nearly two-thirds of all net new job creation since 2000. And federal support for them is crucial to avoid a prolonged, anemic,...
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With the US #economy teetering on a cliff, there is a desperate need for more support to small businesses beyond the federal Paycheck Protection Program, argue @LauraDTyson and @Lenny_Mendonca.
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Boris Johnson’s Failed COVID-19 Launch | by Mariana Mazzucato & Anthony Costello - Project Syndicate
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has embraced mission-oriented governance in letter but not in spirit. Far from empowering the state to serve the public interest, his plan for a COVID-19 testing "moonshot" threatens to weaken further the capacity of...
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Far from restoring the proper role of the state, @BorisJohnson's ambitious #COVID19 #testing plan will simply give public-policy "moonshots" a bad name, write @MazzucatoM and @globalhlthtwit.
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As Greek Nazis Go to Prison, Their Poison Runs Free | by Yanis Varoufakis - Project Syndicate
The conviction of the leaders of the Golden Dawn – the only openly Nazi party to have won seats in any parliament since the 1940s – is a victory against far-right extremism in Europe. But while the party's leaders were being sent to prison, their...
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The conviction of Greece’s Nazi leaders is a decisive victory against the revival of far-right extremism in Europe. But while they were being sent to prison, their ideas and manners were in police uniform, terrorizing the streets, writes @yanisvaroufakis.
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The Key to Future Competitiveness | by Jules Kortenhorst - Project Syndicate
The winners of the future global economy will be the countries that moved decisively to replace fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy sources. Unlike the United States, China, most European countries, and others clearly have gotten the message,...
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.@JulesKortenhors: The winners of the future global economy will be the countries that moved decisively to replace fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy sources.
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A Moment of Truth in the Pandemic | by Seth Berkley, Richard Hatchett and Soumya Swaminathan - Project Syndicate
As the most ambitious pandemic-response initiative ever conceived, the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility is the best chance the world has to bring the pandemic to an end. But to succeed, COVAX requires broad international buy-in, based on the...
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The #COVAX #vaccine-access facility represents the single best chance that the world has to bring the pandemic to an end, argue @doctorsoumya, @GaviSeth, and @DrRHatchett. bit.ly/3nN6YZ9 pic.twitter.com/ct57ssy0Ks
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