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Geoff Mulgan

Geoff Mulgan

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Geoff Mulgan, a professor at University College London, is the author of When Science Meets Power (Polity, 2024).

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  1. Building the Next Generation of Public Institutions
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    Building the Next Generation of Public Institutions

    Feb 25, 2025 Geoff Mulgan touts new thinking about how to design agile, flexible, and trustworthy governance mechanisms.

  2. The Right to Truth
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    The Right to Truth

    Aug 14, 2024 Geoff Mulgan outlines how policymakers could reduce the spread of lies, distortions, and misinformation.

  3. What Green AI Needs
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    What Green AI Needs

    Sep 20, 2021 Geoff Mulgan identifies the structural hurdles that must be removed to make the most of digital climate solutions.

  4. The Game Changer Beyond AI
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    The Game Changer Beyond AI

    Apr 24, 2020 Geoff Mulgan shows why technologies that capitalize on human capabilities are better than those that replace them.

  5. Happiness by Design
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    Happiness by Design

    Nov 12, 2015 Geoff Mulgan explains how happiness can be taught – and even legislated.

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    America’s AI Iron Curtain

    Soňa Muzikárová explains how US export controls are harming allies and potentially helping Russia and China.
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    What Rebalancing the US Economy Really Requires

    Glenn Hubbard

    US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s defense of President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs as a step toward “rebalancing” the US economy misses the point. While some economies, like China and Germany, need to increase domestic spending, the US needs to increase national saving.

    thinks US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is neglecting the need for spending cuts in major federal programs.
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    America’s Voice No Longer Speaks for Democracy

    Heela Rasool-Ayub explains why authoritarians worldwide are celebrating Donald Trump’s renunciation of democratic advocacy.
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    Insurers Must Embrace Geospatial AI

    Pierre du Rostu touts the technology’s benefits for an industry that must shift its focus from paying claims to managing risk.
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    It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook

    Michele Gelfand points out that the best dealmakers strive for win-win outcomes, not zero-sum Pyrrhic victories.
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    America’s Last Chance to Lead in Fusion Energy

    Ylli Bajraktari warns that China's domination of the sector would give it massive economic and geopolitical leverage.
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    China Can’t Spend Its Way Out of Trouble

    Kenneth Rogoff

    China’s prolonged reliance on fiscal stimulus has distorted economic incentives, fueling a housing glut, a collapse in prices, and spiraling public debt. With further stimulus off the table, the only sustainable path is for the central government to relinquish more economic power to local governments and the private sector.

    argues that the country’s problems can be traced back to its response to the 2008 financial crisis.
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    This UN Debt Initiative Is Different

    Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. tout an Expert Group’s efforts to prevent a full-blown solvency crisis in developing countries.
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    What African Electrification Requires

    Fatih Birol & Alain Ebobissé highlight the need for greater private-sector participation to boost investments in power grids.

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