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Isabel Ortiz

Isabel Ortiz

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Isabel Ortiz, Director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, is a former director of the International Labor Organization and UNICEF, and a former senior official at the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank.

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  1. Ending the Austerity Pandemic
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    Ending the Austerity Pandemic

    Dec 8, 2022 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins warn that governments are returning to the same failed belt-tightening policies of the past.

  2. Another Year of Living Dangerously
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    Another Year of Living Dangerously

    Dec 31, 2019 Isabel Ortiz warns of more austerity, protests, rising inequality, and environmental degradation in 2020.

  3. The Insanity of Austerity
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    The Insanity of Austerity

    Oct 11, 2019 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins are alarmed by economic policymakers’ continued obsession with fiscal retrenchment at a time of slowing growth.

  4. The Austerity Pandemic
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    The Austerity Pandemic

    Jun 14, 2013 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins on the economic reasons for political unrest.

  5. Recovery and Equality
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    Recovery and Equality

    Jul 26, 2012 Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins

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    Guernica Is Always with Us

    Annie Cohen-Solal laments the tragic developments of 2024, and wonders if humanity can come to its senses.
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    Will Stability Rise from the Middle East Rubble?

    Dennis Ross explains why the coming year could bring a more favorable alignment of regional forces.
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    The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda

    Daron Acemoglu fears that the tech industry’s current priorities will result in the worst of all possible worlds.
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    We Need Energy for AI, and AI for Energy

    Eric Schmidt explains what the United States must do to secure the power the next technological revolution will require.
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    Will the Guardrails of US Democracy Hold?

    Erwin Chemerinsky worries about the obvious lack of meaningful checks on Donald Trump's worst impulses.
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    AI Has Not Yet Destroyed Democracy

    Sergei Guriev notes that the technology had little to no bearing on the many elections held around the world in 2024.
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    Will the Second Trump Boom Go Bust?

    Kenneth Rogoff warns that, regardless of domestic policies, powerful global headwinds could impede US economic growth.
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    China’s Economy Has Not Peaked

    Nancy Qian concludes that, with fundamental reforms, another wave of rapid economic growth is possible.
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    Our AI Near-Future

    Charles Ferguson offers a brief roadmap of how the technology will evolve and be deployed over the next few years.

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