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Joel Mokyr is Professor of Economics and History at Northwestern University.

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  1. Is Our Economic Future Behind Us?
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    Is Our Economic Future Behind Us?

    Nov 29, 2016 Joel Mokyr rebuts the widespread belief that technological innovation can no longer drive rapid growth.

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    Marine Geoengineering Will Not Save the Oceans or the Climate

    Lili Fuhr & James Kerry urge international policymakers to heed scientists’ warnings and ban speculative carbon-removal techniques.
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    Finance Goes to Hollywood

    Jeffrey Frankel surveys films that have revealed – and shaped – the public’s perception of banks, speculators, and regulation.
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    Misreading the Impact of Monetary Policy

    Adam Posen

    Those warning that the US Federal Reserve is dragging the economy down are deeply mistaken. Far from being too restrictive, US monetary policy is almost certainly too loose, judging by the robustness of financial markets and broader economic conditions even after 500 basis points of interest-rate hikes.

     worries that markets and some Federal Reserve officials are misassessing the effects of policy-rate hikes.
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    The Geopolitics of Olympic Medals

    Zaki Laïdi highlights the strong correlation between sporting achievements and economic development.
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    Is Democracy Really in Retreat?

    Helmut K. Anheier, et al.

    Recent trends cast doubt on the hopeful notions of progress that dominated the first decade after the Cold War. No longer can we assume that countries will inevitably converge toward both democracy and prosperity, as envisioned in the modernization paradigm long championed by the West.

     trace the contours of the global ideological battle between liberalism and the “autocratic sufficiency thesis.”
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    US-China Relations after America’s Election

    After decades of facilitating and even encouraging China’s rise, the United States’ dramatic shift to a policy of containment continues apace, with both Republican and Democratic administrations imposing sweeping tariffs and other trade restrictions. How will the upcoming US presidential election affect the bilateral relationship, and what will this imply for the American, Chinese, and global economies?

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    The Big Picture

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    Carnival Economics

    Mariana Mazzucato & Alvaro Barrington argue that the prevailing policymaking model is largely blind to the immense value of the arts and culture.
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    Through the Political Looking Glass

    Michael J. Boskin considers why the US and many other democracies have been experiencing major upheavals.

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