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Dennis J. Snower

Dennis J. Snower

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Dennis Snower, President of the Global Solutions Initiative and president emeritus of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, is a visiting professor at University College London and a professorial research fellow at INET Oxford. He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, an international research fellow at Oxford University’s Said Business School, and a research associate at the Harvard Human Flourishing Program.

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  1. A New Worldview for Troubled Times
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Jul 25, 2024 Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.

  2. All Are Welcome at the Climate Club
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    All Are Welcome at the Climate Club

    Aug 5, 2022 Avram Alpert & Dennis J. Snower explain why a new German-designed coordination framework can succeed where similar past efforts have failed.

  3. Rebuilding the Foundation for Peaceful Progress
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    Rebuilding the Foundation for Peaceful Progress

    Mar 23, 2022 Dennis J. Snower calls for political leaders to focus on three priorities of global collective action.

  4. How to End Climate Failure
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    How to End Climate Failure

    Dec 13, 2021 Dennis J. Snower urges leaders to follow the late economist Elinor Ostrom’s principles for managing the global commons.

  5. The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19
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    The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19

    Apr 8, 2020 Dennis J. Snower says governments must focus on overcoming the production and consumption imbalances caused by the pandemic.

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    A New Deal for Developing Countries

    William Ruto explains what climate-vulnerable Africa will need to strengthen their resilience and sustain economic growth.
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    Good Growth Requires Getting Public-Private Partnerships Right

    Mariana Mazzucato worries that a recently unveiled industrial strategy is not structured properly.
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    American Idiots

    J. Bradford DeLong considers the implications of Donald Trump and his entourage orchestrating an unnecessary government shutdown.
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    Putin’s Setbacks Are Cold Comfort for Europe

    Joschka Fischer considers the implications of Russia's loss in Syria and Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House.
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    Gender Apartheid Is a Crime Against Humanity

    Gordon Brown urges global policymakers to address the Afghan regime’s egregious violations of women and girls' rights.
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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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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork

    The Norwegian finance ministry recently revealed just how much the country has benefited from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, estimating its windfall natural-gas revenues for 2022-23 to be around $111 billion. Yet rather than transferring these gains to those on the front line, the government is hoarding them.

    argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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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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    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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