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Robert Z. Lawrence, a non-resident fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, is a professor at Harvard Kennedy School and the author, most recently, of Behind the Curve: Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth? (The Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2024).

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  1. No President Can Revive US Manufacturing Employment
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    No President Can Revive US Manufacturing Employment

    Oct 30, 2024 Robert Z. Lawrence explains why there is no going back to the heyday of middle-class factory jobs for low-skilled workers.

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    No President Can Revive US Manufacturing Employment

    Robert Z. Lawrence explains why there is no going back to the heyday of middle-class factory jobs for low-skilled workers.
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    Is Political Polling Broken?

    Michael A. Bailey urges pollsters to stop thinking in terms of random samples and instead focus on diagnosing non-response bias.
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    Don’t Dismiss the BRICS

    Joschka Fischer thinks it would be a serious mistake for Western strategists to ignore the bloc and what it represents.
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    Can India Become a Developed Economy by Mid-Century?

    Anne O. Krueger urges policymakers to resume key structural reforms and streamline regulations that stifle business activity.
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    Why Many Workers Now Vote Republican

    Eric Posner explains how the failures of neoliberalism came to benefit the traditional party of business.
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    Japan’s Electoral Stalemate

    Takatoshi Ito

    Despite losing its parliamentary majority, the Liberal Democratic Party is poised to form a minority government. But with a fragile administration dependent on ad hoc negotiations with small opposition parties, Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru will struggle to advance his agenda, suggesting his premiership may be short-lived.

     considers the political and economic implications of the ruling bloc’s loss of its parliamentary majority.
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    Trump’s Relentless Fraud About Election Fraud

    John Mark Hansen explains why the former US president has recently revived his baseless allegations that he won in 2020.
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    Sinophobia and US Election Lies

    Stephen S. Roach laments that facts – especially about China – are in short supply as the presidential race tightens.
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    Charting a Course for Coastal Resilience

    Karen Sack urges policymakers and business leaders to take the climate and biodiversity crises littorally.

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