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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

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    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    Will Trumponomics Bring Boom or Bust in 2025?

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    J. Bradford DeLong, Maurice Obstfeld, Tara Pincock, Michael R. Strain

    Many Americans voted for Donald Trump last month in the hopes that the dealmaker-president would usher in a period of economic renewal that would lift businesses and workers alike. But the merits of Trump’s likely policies remain hotly debated, and his capriciousness only adds to the uncertainty. With his inauguration approaching fast, we asked PS commentators what they are watching for.

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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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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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  1. The US Economy’s Trust Deficit
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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Dec 20, 2024 Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.

  2. Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Dec 20, 2024 Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.

  3. Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Dec 20, 2024 Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.

  4. Services Are the New Road to Development
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Dec 20, 2024 Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.

  5. Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Dec 20, 2024 Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.

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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

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    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    Angela Merkel’s World of Yesterday

    Helmut K. Anheier highlights how and why the former German chancellor’s legacy has soured in the three years since she left power.
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    The Eight Headwinds Threatening Global Growth in 2025

    Dambisa Moyo highlights the major trends which, if left unchecked, could usher in a period of prolonged stagnation.
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    Did Neoliberalism Kill American Democracy?

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    PS editors , Joseph E. Stiglitz , Andrés Velasco , Daron Acemoglu , Christy Hoffman , Bartosz M. Rydliński , Katharina Pistor

    As US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to make good on his threats to upend American institutions, the pressure is on his opponents to figure out how to defend, and eventually strengthen, US democracy. But first they must understand how the United States reached this point.

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    Enrique Krauze on Baruch Spinoza, the US election, Mexican democracy, and more

    Enrique Krauze considers the responsibility of the state to guarantee freedom, heralds the demise of Mexico’s democracy, highlights flaws in higher-education systems, and more.
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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.

The world’s diplomatic, political, and economic divisions continue to harden – both between countries and within them. Whereas 2022 and 2023 featured a war of attrition in Ukraine, we have since entered a broader world of attrition, with zero-sum conflicts multiplying across the board.

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    Digital Financial Inclusion Strengthens Climate Resilience

    Ellen Jackowski calls for reducing the number of unbanked people and building digital infrastructure in vulnerable communities.
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    Responsible Mining Can Advance Global Environmental Goals

    Mauricio Cabrera Leal urges global policymakers to establish mechanisms that promote ethical resource extraction.
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    Public Guarantees Would Boost European Green Industry

    Doris Hafenbradl explains how EU policymakers can use government funds to crowd in private capital for cleantech firms.

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  1. Michael Spence The US Economy’s Trust Deficit
  2. Stephen S. Roach China’s Struggles with a Consumer Society
  3. Keyu Jin Turning Trump’s Tariffs Into China’s Opportunity
  4. Jeffrey Frankel Can Trump’s Tariff Threats Save Dollar Hegemony?

  1. Håvard Halland, et al. Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer
  2. Galip Dalay Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status
  3. Yanis Varoufakis The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It
  4. Takatoshi Ito The High Cost of South Korea’s Short-Lived Martial Law

  1. Indermit Gill, et al. Services Are the New Road to Development
  2. Emily Armistead The Half Promise of Weight-Loss Drugs
  3. Nathalie Alvarado, et al. Crime Is Punishing Latin America’s Economies
  4. Walter O. Ochieng, et al. Investing in Global Health Enhances US National Security

  1. Ilana Seid The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions
  2. Ellen Jackowski Digital Financial Inclusion Strengthens Climate Resilience
  3. Ludovic Chatoux, et al. How the EU Can Scale Up Carbon Removal
  4. Richard Haass, et al. The Energy Transition That Couldn’t

  1. Carl Gahnberg Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure
  2. Justina Nixon-Saintil Closing the AI Skills Gap in 2025
  3. Cina Lawson The AI Revolution Is at Home in Africa
  4. Andrew Gallucci The Dollar Diplomacy We Need

  1. Dambisa Moyo Twelve Questions for Philanthropists
  2. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President
  3. Antara Haldar Trump’s Victory Over the Rule of Law
  4. Peter Singer Choice in Dying Comes to the UK

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

  1. Cina Lawson The AI Revolution Is at Home in Africa
  2. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President
  3. Samia Suluhu Hassan What the G20 Can Do for Africa’s Energy Agenda

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

  1. Katrin Kivi The Case for Press Freedom Just Got Stronger
  2. Geoff Mulgan The Right to Truth
  3. Nishant Lalwani, et al. As Disinformation Thrives, Democracy Dies

As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, PS commentators assess its implications for the economy, propose policy responses, and consider what might – and sho…

  1. Gro Harlem Brundtland Recommitting to Pandemic Preparedness
  2. Winnie Byanyima, et al. How to Protect the World from the Next Pandemic
  3. Tom Achoki, et al. Preparing Now for the Next Disease X