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  1. castaneda91_AndalouGettyImages_mexico_immigration_enforcement Andalou/Getty Images
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    Did Mexico Help Trump Get Elected?

    Jorge G. Castañeda speculates that former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador used migration flows to influence the US election.
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    Will the Second Trump Boom Go Bust?

    Kenneth Rogoff warns that, regardless of domestic policies, powerful global headwinds could impede US economic growth.
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    Populism Never Lasts

    Michael R. Strain

    Ultimately, populism will always be a temporary phenomenon because its economic policy prescriptions simply do not work. Parties that want to position themselves for success over the long term must provide sound economic management.

     draws on history to assess the durability of Donald Trump's brand of politics.
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    Trump’s Pro-Corporate Populism Cannot Last

    Eric Posner thinks the next president will be forced to choose between big business and the forgotten man.
  6. tyson121_Anna MoneymakerGettyImages_musk_ramaswamy Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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    Why DOGE and Musk Will Fail

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify a fundamental flaw in the design of Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency.”
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    Did Neoliberalism Kill American Democracy?

    As US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to make good on his threats to upend American institutions, the pressure is on his opponents to figure out how to defend, and eventually strengthen, US democracy. But first they must understand how the United States reached this point.

  8. rodrik229_Spencer PlattGettyImages_delivery_workers_rally_nyc Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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    Why Bidenomics Did Not Deliver at the Polls

    Dani Rodrik thinks the Democrats were right to embrace economic populism, but neglected to update it for this century.
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    Anticipating Trump’s Foreign Policy

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers what can be gleaned from the president-elect’s past statements, recent appointments, and US history.
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    Decommodify Electricity

    Jayati Ghosh shows why the market cannot mobilize the clean-energy investments needed to accelerate the green transition.
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    Three Reasons Why AI’s Momentum Could Stall in 2025

    Dambisa Moyo

    While artificial intelligence has the potential to drive global growth and boost productivity, the industry is grappling with mounting challenges like soaring development costs and energy requirements. Meanwhile, investors are questioning whether AI investments can deliver meaningful returns.

     identifies three negative trends that could stifle innovation and slow the pace of technological progress.
  3. arezki20_Miguel CandelaSOPA ImagesLightRocket via Getty Images_indiamanufacturing Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
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    Solving India’s Industrialization Puzzle

    Rabah Arezki & Partha Sen ask why, unlike Bangladesh and Vietnam, manufacturing has not benefited from rising labor costs in China.
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    Ensuring Europe’s Supply of Critical Minerals

    Rüya Perincek & Andreas Goldthau call for coordinated funding, resource diplomacy, and secondary material partnerships to boost recycling.
  5. tyson122_Andrew HarnikGettyImages_gavin_newsom Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
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    Readying the Resistance, Again

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca

    The United States is not a monarchy, but a federal republic. States and cities controlled by Democrats represent half the country, and they can resist Donald Trump’s overreach by using the tools of progressive federalism, many of which were sharpened during his first administration.

     see Democrat-controlled states as a potential check on Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.
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    Russia’s Nostalgia Machine

    Nina L. Khrushcheva explores how the Kremlin relies on an idealized version of the past to comfort – and subdue – the public.
  7. goldberg33_Lauren DeCiccaGetty Images_shippinglaos Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images
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    The Trade Shifts Redefining Economic Development

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta consider the long-term implications of three major trends that could reshape globalization.
  8. fischer224_Chip SomodevillaGetty Images_trumpinauguration Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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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.
  9. stiglitz347_Kevin DietschGettyImages_bye_biden Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.

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