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Populism at the Gate

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The populist challenge in many countries has been both a threat and a rebuke to the liberal consensus. How should policymakers who want to defend the principles of tolerance, openness, and rationality best counter their opponents?

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  1. The Last Stand Against Populism
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    The Last Stand Against Populism

    Nov 28, 2016 Dominique Moisi considers the consequences of a right-wing populist victory in France's upcoming presidential election.

  2. Containing the Populist Contagion
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    Containing the Populist Contagion

    Nov 24, 2016 Harold James asks whether a firewall can be built around Brexit and Donald Trump's victory in the US.

  3. Pensioners and Populism
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    Pensioners and Populism

    Oct 28, 2016 Anatole Kaletsky uses Brexit voting data to show that economic dislocation had little to do with the outcome.

  4. How Inequality Found a Political Voice
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    How Inequality Found a Political Voice

    Oct 28, 2016 Michael Spence explains how new technologies have both fueled the problem and enabled mobilization against it.

  5. The Anti-Democratic Heart of Populism
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    The Anti-Democratic Heart of Populism

    Oct 27, 2016 Andrés Velasco rejects the view that populist politics is simply a response to bad economics.

  6. The Blind Alley of Monetary Populism
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    The Blind Alley of Monetary Populism

    Oct 25, 2016 Jeffrey Frankel rebuts the argument that central bankers should be addressing income inequality.

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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.
  7. hubbard4_Chen MengtongChina News ServiceVCG via Getty Images_scottbessent Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
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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.
  9. ahzhang19_Jaap ArriensNurPhoto via Getty Images_tiktok Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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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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