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Graciana del Castillo

Graciana del Castillo

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Graciana del Castillo was a Uruguayan-American economist and a political and economic risk analyst. As a director of Latin American sovereign ratings at Standard & Poor’s, she led the upgrade of Mexico’s credit rating to investment grade in 2002.

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  1. A Fork in the Road for Mexico
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    A Fork in the Road for Mexico

    Jul 13, 2018 Graciana del Castillo argues that the new president is more likely to take the Uruguayan path than the Venezuelan path.

  2. A Fresh Look at the Afghan War
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    A Fresh Look at the Afghan War

    Jun 2, 2017 Graciana del Castillo calls on the Trump administration to rethink America's longest military intervention.

  3. Leveling the Afghan Playing Field
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    Leveling the Afghan Playing Field

    Aug 8, 2013 Graciana del Castillo

  4. The Political Economy of Peace
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    The Political Economy of Peace

    Jan 12, 2012 Graciana del Castillo

  5. The Economics of Peace in Afghanistan
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    The Economics of Peace in Afghanistan

    Sep 13, 2011 Graciana del Castillo

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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

     predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Will the China hawks in Donald Trump’s administration railroad him into a confrontation that transcends tariffs and embraces financial sanctions of the type the US and the European Union imposed on Russia? If they do, China's leaders will have to decide whether to decouple from the dollar-based international monetary system.

     thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
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    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.
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    The TikTok Boomerang

    Angela Huyue Zhang thinks the US government's ban on the app has left it in an untenable position.

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