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    China Can’t Spend Its Way Out of Trouble

    Kenneth Rogoff

    China’s prolonged reliance on fiscal stimulus has distorted economic incentives, fueling a housing glut, a collapse in prices, and spiraling public debt. With further stimulus off the table, the only sustainable path is for the central government to relinquish more economic power to local governments and the private sector.

     argues that the country’s problems can be traced back to its response to the 2008 financial crisis.
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    How World Order Changes

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    World order is a matter of degree: it varies over time, depending on technological, political, social, and ideological factors that can affect the global distribution of power and influence norms. It can be radically altered both by broader historical trends and by a single major power's blunders.

     examines the role of evolving power dynamics and norms in bringing about stable arrangements among states.
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    It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook

    Michele Gelfand points out that the best dealmakers strive for win-win outcomes, not zero-sum Pyrrhic victories.
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    Will AI Close or Widen the Development Gap?

    Shamika Sirimanne & Xiaolan Fu call for multilateral action and grassroots pressure to ensure that the technology serves all countries.
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    America’s Last Chance to Lead in Fusion Energy

    Ylli Bajraktari warns that China's domination of the sector would give it massive economic and geopolitical leverage.
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    Don’t Let Governments Break Encryption

    Jessica Dickinson Goodman & Ezequiel Passeron Kitroser urge citizens and lawmakers to fight for the privacy that previous generations took for granted.
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    Virtual Migration Could Revive Growth

    Carl Benedikt Frey explains how new technologies can drive growth in rich and poor countries at the same time.
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    This UN Debt Initiative Is Different

    Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. tout an Expert Group’s efforts to prevent a full-blown solvency crisis in developing countries.
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    Getting Abundance Right

    Sandeep Vaheesan urges the creation of public utilities to accelerate decarbonization and improve living standards.
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  1. It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook
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    It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook

    Apr 2, 2025 Michele Gelfand points out that the best dealmakers strive for win-win outcomes, not zero-sum Pyrrhic victories.

  2. America’s Last Chance to Lead in Fusion Energy
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    America’s Last Chance to Lead in Fusion Energy

    Apr 2, 2025 Ylli Bajraktari warns that China's domination of the sector would give it massive economic and geopolitical leverage.

  3. China Can’t Spend Its Way Out of Trouble
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    China Can’t Spend Its Way Out of Trouble

    Apr 2, 2025 Kenneth Rogoff argues that the country’s problems can be traced back to its response to the 2008 financial crisis.

  4. This UN Debt Initiative Is Different
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    This UN Debt Initiative Is Different

    Apr 2, 2025 Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. tout an Expert Group’s efforts to prevent a full-blown solvency crisis in developing countries.

  5. What African Electrification Requires
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    What African Electrification Requires

    Apr 1, 2025 Fatih Birol & Alain Ebobissé highlight the need for greater private-sector participation to boost investments in power grids.

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    Getting Abundance Right

    Sandeep Vaheesan urges the creation of public utilities to accelerate decarbonization and improve living standards.
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    Jorge Heine on the BRICS, active non-alignment, the US dollar, and more

    Jorge Heine urges the Organization of American States to demonstrate leadership in Haiti, shows how small countries can implement a foreign policy based on active non-alignment, calls on China and Europe to diversify the global monetary system, and more.
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    Fixing Public Finances Without a Chainsaw

    Dag Detter urges cash-strapped countries to adopt a commercial approach to management of government-owned assets.
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    The Global South’s Path to Economic Resilience

    Anwar Ibrahim explains how Malaysia and other middle powers are navigating increasingly uncertain geopolitical terrain.
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    Diane Coyle on innovation, AI, economic data, and more

    Diane Coyle suggests ways to account for “free” digital services in economic frameworks, considers how to prevent the emergence of AI monopolies, warns that cutting funding for basic research is tantamount to destroying the US economy’s foundations, and more.
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    Abundance and Its Discontents

    James Livingston asks why the absence of economic scarcity is viewed as a problem rather than a cause for celebration.

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    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.
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    The Biofuel Sham Could Worsen Global Hunger and Inequality

    Jennifer Clapp & Olivier De Schutter urge the UN maritime regulator not to encourage the shipping industry to move from one unsustainable fuel to another.
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    Sustainability in an Unstable World

    Bertrand Badré & Thomas Crampton warn against de-emphasizing climate action in the face of new geopolitical concerns.

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  1. Michele Gelfand It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook
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  4. Rabah Arezki Developing Countries Need a New Strategy

  1. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. How World Order Changes
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  4. Richard Haass Diplomacy Is the Newest Front in the Russia-Ukraine War

  1. Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. This UN Debt Initiative Is Different
  2. Fatih Birol, et al. What African Electrification Requires
  3. William Moore Philanthropy in an Era of Declining Development Aid
  4. Wolfgang Fengler Financial Inclusion Must Reach the Last Billion

  1. Montek Singh Ahluwalia Can COP30 Succeed Where COP29 Failed?
  2. Julie McCarthy Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis
  3. Gaston Browne A Defining Moment for Energy Security and Economic Prosperity
  4. Ekhosuehi Iyahen Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience

  1. Ylli Bajraktari America’s Last Chance to Lead in Fusion Energy
  2. Shamika Sirimanne, et al. Will AI Close or Widen the Development Gap?
  3. Jessica Dickinson Goodman, et al. Don’t Let Governments Break Encryption
  4. Daron Acemoglu Two Models for Agentic AI

  1. Ian Buruma Israel’s Blind Spot
  2. Antara Haldar How Aristotle Can Save Us
  3. Yi Fuxian Why China’s Marriage Crisis Matters
  4. Gordon Brown The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

  1. Fatih Birol, et al. What African Electrification Requires
  2. Hippolyte Fofack Dismantling USAID Could Boost African Self-Reliance
  3. Jaynisha Patel The Sahel’s Dangerous Downward Spiral

Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. Jessica Dickinson Goodman, et al. Don’t Let Governments Break Encryption
  2. J. Bradford DeLong Trump’s Smoke and Mirrors
  3. Karen Rønde Danish Media’s United Stand Against Big Tech

Oceans cover over 70% of the planet’s surface and account for 97% of its total water supply; they produce half the oxygen that we breathe and absorb o…

  1. Ekhosuehi Iyahen Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience
  2. Dadang Mujiono Empty Promises Won’t Save Marine Ecosystems
  3. Maya Delaney, et al. Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States