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Edward Jung, former Chief Architect at Microsoft, is Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Intellectual Ventures.

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  1. A Better Way from ‘R’ to ‘D’
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    A Better Way from ‘R’ to ‘D’

    Apr 27, 2017 Edward Jung says that to maximize commercialization of good ideas, it's time to disrupt innovation finance.

  2. Megafunding Drug Research
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    Megafunding Drug Research

    Dec 9, 2015 Edward Jung & Andrew W. Lo call for diversified pools of capital to finance high-cost pharmaceutical development.

  3. Asia’s Invention Boom
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    Asia’s Invention Boom

    Oct 1, 2014 Edward Jung argues that Western companies and governments should support innovation in the East.

  4. Misleading Indicators

    Misleading Indicators

    Mar 18, 2014 Edward Jung shows why reliance on indicators like GDP and FDI can impede the emergence of innovation economies.

  5. Plugging in Green Tech

    Plugging in Green Tech

    Dec 4, 2013 Edward Jung on the used-car market's lessons for green technologies.

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    The TikTok Boomerang

    Angela Huyue Zhang

    By banning TikTok, US authorities have sent American users of the app flocking to Chinese platforms with even fewer safeguards on data security or algorithmic manipulation. Though these, too, might be banned, others will replace them, leading America to construct, one prohibition at a time, its own "Great Firewall."

     thinks the US government's ban on the app has left it in an untenable position.
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    Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States

    Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.
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    School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development

    Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.
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    A House Gutted by Fire

    Terry Lynn Karl blames the inferno now consuming Los Angeles County squarely on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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    False Economies

    William H. Janeway highlights the high cost of the single-minded focus on efficiency that has come to dominate the discipline.
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    Can US Institutions Withstand Trump 2.0?

    While some observers doubt that US President-elect Donald Trump poses a grave threat to US democracy, others are bracing themselves for the destruction of the country’s constitutional order. With Trump’s inauguration just around the corner, we asked PS commentators how vulnerable US institutions really are.

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    The Climate Policy Pendulum

    Gernot Wagner notes that green technologies retain their many advantages, regardless of national political developments.
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    Could High-Skill Immigration Increase Under Trump?

    Michael R. Strain argues that the recent kerfuffle over foreign workers underscores the president-elect’s pragmatic instincts.
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    What Happened to International Law?

    Eric Posner sees the web of treaties, conventions, and institutions as another victim of the anti-globalization backlash.

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