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Sandeep Vaheesan

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Sandeep Vaheesan, Legal Director at the Open Markets Institute, is the author of Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States (The University of Chicago Press, 2024).

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  1. Getting Abundance Right
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    Getting Abundance Right

    Mar 28, 2025 Sandeep Vaheesan urges the creation of public utilities to accelerate decarbonization and improve living standards.

  2. How Antitrust Can Advance Kamala Harris’s Small-Business Agenda
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    How Antitrust Can Advance Kamala Harris’s Small-Business Agenda

    Oct 31, 2024 Sandeep Vaheesan defends collective bargaining by independent firms seeking leverage over powerful corporations.

  3. The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers
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    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    May 17, 2024 Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.

  4. Why the US Must Ban Non-Compete Clauses
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    Why the US Must Ban Non-Compete Clauses

    Dec 14, 2022 Najah A. Farley & Sandeep Vaheesan call on the federal government to take a simple step to protect workers from oppressive employment conditions.

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    Will the World Keep Buying US Treasuries?

    Paola Subacchi & Paul van den Noord foresee a gradual reduction in countries’ holdings of dollar-denominated debt, not a rapid sell-off.
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    Why China’s Marriage Crisis Matters

    Yi Fuxian examines the factors underlying a key cause of the country’s demographic crisis.
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    Israel Must Not Ignore the Anti-Hamas Protests in Gaza

    Konstanty Gebert

    Recent demonstrations in Gaza have pushed not only for an end to the war, but also for an end to Hamas's rule, thus echoing Israel's own stated objectives. Yet the Israeli government, consumed by its own internal politics, has barely acknowledged this unprecedentedly positive development.

     underscores the unprecedented nature of recent demonstrations in the war-ravaged enclave.
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    Donald Trump Is a Globalist

    Harold James shows that the MAGA movement is actually an unalloyed version of the idea that its leader claims to reject.
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    Getting Abundance Right

    Sandeep Vaheesan

    America's history is replete with episodes in which vigorous government action proved essential to achieving shared prosperity. With a lethal mutation of neoliberalism now destroying US state capacity, understanding what came before has never been more important.

     urges the creation of public utilities to accelerate decarbonization and improve living standards.
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    Two Models for Agentic AI

    Daron Acemoglu sees a technological crossroads ahead – and argues that one path should not be taken.
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    Developing Countries Need a New Strategy

    Rabah Arezki touts industrial policies that welcome multinational corporations' participation, but on fairer terms.
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    How the World Can Keep Trump 2.0 in Check

    Anne-Marie Slaughter outlines five steps that foreign entities should take to counteract the US president’s radical agenda.
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    How Trumpism Ends

    Chris Patten urges current and former policymakers to speak out against the US president’s reckless policies.

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