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When Art Is All That Remains
When Art Is All That Remains
Nina L. Khrushcheva reflects on the ameliorative effect and emancipatory power of imaginative culture under repressive regimes. -
Populism’s Lost Summer
Populism’s Lost Summer
Jan-Werner Mueller explains how to defeat far-right, anti-democratic parties in the public square and at the ballot box. -
British Judges Are Carrying Water for China
British Judges Are Carrying Water for China
Nicholas Reed Langen decries a Hong Kong court ruling in which UK justices upheld the convictions of pro-democracy protesters. -
How Financial Markets Can Drive Climate Action
How Financial Markets Can Drive Climate Action
Lynn Forester de Rothschild explains what it will take to channel private capital toward clean energy and sustainable development. -
Recommitting to Pandemic Preparedness
Recommitting to Pandemic Preparedness
Gro Harlem Brundtland urges global leaders to focus on improving – instead of just paying lip service to – global equity. -
America Needs Political Age Limits
America Needs Political Age Limits
Nancy Qian sees no good reason for allowing elected officials to cling to office well into old age. -
Giving Afghan Girls the Education They Demand
Giving Afghan Girls the Education They Demand
Yasmine Sherif urges public- and private-sector donors to increase funding for non-formal schooling in the country. -
The Emancipatory Meaning of the Paris Olympics’ Opening Ceremony
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The Emancipatory Meaning of the Paris Olympics’ Opening Ceremony
Slavoj Žižek interprets the controversial spectacle as a masterful use of irony to depict what modern Europe stands for. -
James K. Galbraith on the US election, entropy economics, trade policy, and more
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James K. Galbraith on the US election, entropy economics, trade policy, and more
James K. Galbraith says what it will take to improve Americans’ living standards, calls the concept of equilibrium a figment of economists’ imaginations, highlights a potential effect of tariffs that most textbooks do not anticipate, and more. -
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Populism’s Lost Summer
Populism’s Lost Summer
Aug 16, 2024 Jan-Werner Mueller explains how to defeat far-right, anti-democratic parties in the public square and at the ballot box.
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America Needs Political Age Limits
America Needs Political Age Limits
Aug 16, 2024 Nancy Qian sees no good reason for allowing elected officials to cling to office well into old age.
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Giving Afghan Girls the Education They Demand
Giving Afghan Girls the Education They Demand
Aug 16, 2024 Yasmine Sherif urges public- and private-sector donors to increase funding for non-formal schooling in the country.
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The Real AI Risks
The Real AI Risks
Aug 16, 2024 PS Commentators assess the safety and security implications of artificial intelligence.
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How Financial Markets Can Drive Climate Action
How Financial Markets Can Drive Climate Action
Aug 16, 2024 Lynn Forester de Rothschild explains what it will take to channel private capital toward clean energy and sustainable development.
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When Art Is All That Remains
When Art Is All That Remains
Nina L. Khrushcheva reflects on the ameliorative effect and emancipatory power of imaginative culture under repressive regimes. -
Managing the Sino-American AI Race
Managing the Sino-American AI Race
Karman Lucero explains the limits and remaining potential of official and unofficial dialogue on governance and guardrails. -
What Soft Landing?
What Soft Landing?
Featured in this Big Picture
PS editors , Mohamed A. El-Erian , James K. Galbraith , J. Bradford DeLong , Kenneth Rogoff , Dambisa MoyoWhile stock markets have recovered somewhat from last Monday’s rout, investors remain rattled, fearing further volatility. What was behind the sudden selloff, and does it portend a period of escalating global economic distress – and even a US recession?
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James K. Galbraith on the US election, entropy economics, trade policy, and more
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James K. Galbraith on the US election, entropy economics, trade policy, and more
James K. Galbraith says what it will take to improve Americans’ living standards, calls the concept of equilibrium a figment of economists’ imaginations, highlights a potential effect of tariffs that most textbooks do not anticipate, and more. -
Confronting the Organized Crime Pandemic
Confronting the Organized Crime Pandemic
Robert Muggah shows that the problem has exploded and gone global, demanding a more robust multilateral response. -
A Philosopher for Our Times
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A Philosopher for Our Times
Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
Age of Extremes
It is both the best and the worst of times for democracy – or at least for voting. Although a record-breaking four billion people across 76 countries will have cast ballots in elections this year, democratic institutions are increasingly under strain, and leading watchdogs warn of a broad-based global trend toward “autocratization.”
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Sustainability Now
Sustainability Now brings together leading voices in all of the domains involved in combating climate change, each addressing specific facets of the challenge.
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How Financial Markets Can Drive Climate Action
How Financial Markets Can Drive Climate Action
Lynn Forester de Rothschild explains what it will take to channel private capital toward clean energy and sustainable development. -
The Best Climate Policy Puts Carrots Before Sticks
The Best Climate Policy Puts Carrots Before Sticks
Monika Schnitzer & Gernot Wagner show how the sequencing of positive and negative inducements can make all the difference. -
Europe Must Give Future Generations a Seat at the Table
Europe Must Give Future Generations a Seat at the Table
Béla Kuslits & Katalin Sulyok propose guiding principles for the European Union's new Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness.