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George Weisz

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George Weisz is a professor of the history of medicine at McGill University.

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  1. Globalizing the Fight Against Non-Communicable Disease
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    Globalizing the Fight Against Non-Communicable Disease

    Dec 2, 2016 George Weisz calls for more resources to support efforts to tackle NCDs in low- and middle-income countries.

  2. Facing Up to Chronic Disease

    Facing Up to Chronic Disease

    Mar 11, 2015 George Weisz explains why the medical profession must place greater emphasis on long-term illnesses.

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    The Laugh Is on the Democrats

    Ian Buruma sees Donald Trump’s victory as a rebellion of the culturally dispossessed who relish his insult comedy.
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    The EU Must Break Up Big Tech

    Cori Crider explains how reining in digital giants’ outsize power would boost competition and help combat climate change.
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    The Case for Solidarity Levies

    A promising way to mobilize more climate finance for developing countries is to expand the use of “solidarity levies”: global levies on carbon dioxide emissions and other economic activities that channel proceeds to developing countries. The benefits of scaling up such measures would be far-reaching.

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    Living in Trump’s World

    Mark Leonard explains what European leaders must do to prepare for the radical changes promised by the US president-elect.
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    PS Roundtable: The Return of Trump

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    Although Americans – and the world – have been spared the kind of agonizing uncertainty that followed the 2020 election, a different kind of uncertainty has set in. While few doubt that Donald Trump's comeback will have far-reaching implications, most observers are only beginning to come to grips with what those could be.

     consider what the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election will mean for America and the world.
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    Inequality Is Destroying Mental Health

    Olivier De Schutter & Kate Pickett propose raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to improve well-being in unequal countries.
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    How Europe Could Benefit from Trump’s Second Term

    Daniel Gros urges policymakers to focus on defusing trade tensions with the bloc’s largest export partner.
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    Global Freshwater Supplies in the Balance

    Mariana Mazzucato & Johan Rockström warn that governments are doing too little too slowly about the breakdown of critical natural systems.
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    The End of US Democracy Was All Too Predictable

    Jason Stanley observes that philosophers since Plato have understood how tyrants come to power in free elections.

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