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Jeremy Adelman is Director of the Global History Lab at Princeton University.

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  1. What Kind of Authoritarian Would Trump Be?
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    What Kind of Authoritarian Would Trump Be?

    Dec 29, 2023 Jeremy Adelman shows that one form of democratic backsliding is more likely to succeed than others in the United States.

  2. The Two Faces of Neoliberalism
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    The Two Faces of Neoliberalism

    Oct 6, 2023 Jeremy Adelman revisits the lives and intellectual legacies of Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman.

  3. The New History Wars
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    The New History Wars

    Sep 22, 2020 Jeremy Adelman & Andrew Thompson think de-escalating the culture war over public monuments will require difficult sacrifices from all sides.

  4. The Moral Crisis of the Pandemic
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    The Moral Crisis of the Pandemic

    Apr 15, 2020 Jeremy Adelman worries that the pandemic’s renewed emphasis on locality is creating an ethical minefield for the planet.

  5. The Politics of Frustration in Latin America
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    The Politics of Frustration in Latin America

    Oct 29, 2019 Jeremy Adelman & Pablo Pryluka trace the protests sweeping the region to the absence of obvious alternatives to failed globalization.

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    Why the US Can’t Win the Trade War With China – and Shouldn’t Try

    Qiyuan Xu argues that high capital outflows – largely a result of US policy – have resulted in an undervalued renminbi.
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    The Dilemmas of the Dollar

    Barry Eichengreen

    The dollar's strength, particularly against major Asian currencies, has triggered a wave of skittishness in financial markets. Can anything be done to stem the greenback's rise, and even if something can be done, should it?

     asks whether anything can or should be done about the greenback's strength, especially against Asian currencies.
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    Clean Cooking Advances Women’s Empowerment

    Rachel Ruto outlines a gender-based strategy for improving energy access and reducing air pollution in Africa.
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    There Can Be No Business as Usual for European Industry

    Judith Kirton-Darling urges EU leaders to make a renewed Green Deal, backed by competitiveness-bolstering initiatives, a top priority.
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    Protests of Despair

    Slavoj Žižek

    While the ongoing pro-Palestinian student protests have many superficial similarities to the student uprisings of the late 1960s, only the latter envisioned a new political movement to ameliorate the ills of their time. The current protesters' goals are far more modest, which makes them all the more tragic.

     sees the pro-Palestinian student demonstrations as a signal of a much deeper, widespread malaise.
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    The Rise of the Finternet

    Agustín Carstens & Nandan Nilekani foresee a world in which cheap, secure, and near-instantaneous financial transactions are available to all.
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    Don’t Fret About Green Subsidies

    Dani Rodrik sees no good argument against industrial policies that accelerate growth in decarbonization industries.
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    Europe’s Geoeconomic Competitiveness Challenge

    Daniel Gros highlights the security risks raised by the prolonged decline of the EU’s relative economic power.
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    How Exceptional Is China’s Crony-Capitalist Boom?

    Yuen Yuen Ang explains how corruption both drove the country's GDP growth and sowed the seeds for its current economic problems.

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