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Antara Haldar

Writing for PS since 2019
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Antara Haldar, Associate Professor of Empirical Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge, is a visiting faculty member at Harvard University and the principal investigator on a European Research Council grant on law and cognition.

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  1. Why Do Countries Prosper?
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    Why Do Countries Prosper?

    Nov 4, 2024 Antara Haldar considers what this year’s Nobel Prize-winning economic research gets right, and what it overlooks.

  2. The Bloody Path of Alberto Fujimori’s Neoliberalism
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    The Bloody Path of Alberto Fujimori’s Neoliberalism

    Oct 4, 2024 Antara Haldar assesses the former Peruvian president’s legacy of free-market reform and death-squad dictatorship.

  3. What Microfinance Can Teach Economists
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    What Microfinance Can Teach Economists

    Aug 29, 2024 Antara Haldar considers lessons from Bangladesh’s recent history of political tumult and financial experimentation.

  4. What Democrats Can Learn from the Science of Cooperation
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    What Democrats Can Learn from the Science of Cooperation

    Jul 24, 2024 Antara Haldar thinks a failure to unite fully behind Kamala Harris will give the Republicans a big advantage.

  5. Britain’s Dangerous Migration Fixation
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    Britain’s Dangerous Migration Fixation

    Jul 3, 2024 Antara Haldar argues that failed Tory policies, not migrants, are undermining the economy’s future prospects.

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    Carbon Farming Won't Save the Planet

    Sophie Scherger warns that soil-storage offsets may serve as a smokescreen for polluting industries.
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    Putin’s March of Folly

    Carl Bildt argues that Russia’s president has only his own poor decisions to blame for his country’s loss of status.
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    A Better Approach to Climate Finance

    Ricardo Hausmann

    By harnessing the capabilities of developing countries, we can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities. This approach would not only advance crucial climate goals but also ensure that a larger share of the world’s population can enjoy the fruits of the clean-energy transition.

     shows how developing countries can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities.
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    Trump’s Bad COP

    Jayati Ghosh says the Paris climate agreement’s future depends on how other countries respond to the new US administration.
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    Are Tariffs Worth It?

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg thinks the risks and costs for the US will far outweigh any potential political or geopolitical benefits.
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    Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?

    Liane Schalatek warns that rich countries are once again shirking their responsibility to provide adequate climate finance.
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    How Global Public Investment Should Work

    Mariana Mazzucato & Jonathan Glennie

    Addressing problems like climate change and biodiversity loss calls for new thinking about how to mobilize the huge volume of financing that will be needed. International cooperation must be re-framed as a collective endeavor in which all countries benefit, contribute, and make investment decisions together.

     propose a new model to unlock financing for action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and other issues.
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    COP29 Must Deliver the Goods

    Ana Palacio hopes that geopolitical uncertainty will not thwart ambitious, credible climate-finance commitments.
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    Interspecies Money Is Here

    Nils Gilman & Mutesi Rusagara look beyond the first ever payments to animals and see a new model for human-wildlife economic collaboration.

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