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Graça Machel, Deputy Chair of The Elders, is Founder of the Graça Machel Trust.

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  1. The World’s Moral Failure in Gaza
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    The World’s Moral Failure in Gaza

    Apr 4, 2024 Graça Machel decries the humanitarian catastrophe in the enclave, and makes three demands of global decision-makers.

  2. The World Needs a Breakthrough Year
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    The World Needs a Breakthrough Year

    Jun 7, 2021 Graça Machel, et al. show why 2021 can be a turning point toward a healthier, greener, safer, and fairer world.

  3. The G7 Must Act to Vaccinate the World
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    The G7 Must Act to Vaccinate the World

    Apr 15, 2021 Gordon Brown, et al. call on rich-country leaders to finance equitable global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

  4. How to Pay for Africa’s Education Gains
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    How to Pay for Africa’s Education Gains

    May 31, 2018 Graça Machel says that as middle-income countries develop, new sources of education financing will be essential.

  5. Empowering the Other Half of Africa’s Economy
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    Empowering the Other Half of Africa’s Economy

    Aug 9, 2017 Graça Machel says the continent needs a new revolution focused on creating economic opportunities for women.

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    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.
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    King Trump on Trial

    Richard K. Sherwin

    High-ranking Republican politicians have lately been turning up at Donald Trump’s New York City trial to demonstrate solidarity with the former president. But their attendance also serves a more alarming purpose: to validate Trump as a competing source of sovereign power, independent of the US Constitution and the rule of law.

    explains why a parade of Republican leaders have made appearances at the former president’s trial in New York.
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    Crunch Time for the Power Sector

    Michael Spence argues that developing flexible, stable, and resilient smart grids requires an expanded industrial policy.
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    The Rise of Mesoeconomics

    William H. Janeway

    A growing body of literature focusing on the domain between the microeconomic and the macroeconomic has become increasingly relevant in a world beset by supply shocks. Armed with such insights, those designing industrial policies will have a better chance of achieving their overlapping economic- and national-security goals.

    details how a long-neglected field of economic study can be applied to today's most pressing policy challenges.
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    What the AI Pessimists Are Missing

    Michael R. Strain points out that the technology will help to address many of the risks it creates.
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    The Innocent Bystanders of College Protests

    Takatoshi Ito laments that a radical minority can disrupt the lives of so many in the broader university community.
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    Only Public-Private Cooperation Can Accelerate Decarbonization

    Francesco La Camera & Bruce Douglas explain how to translate political commitments into actual wind turbines and solar panels.
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    Defining Success in Ukraine

    Richard Haass calls for a shift to a defensive posture and efforts to bring about a long-term ceasefire.
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    A Unified Western Strategy for Ukraine

    Anders Åslund proposes a maximalist approach to military aid to replace the current piecemeal injections of old weapons.

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