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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork

    The Norwegian finance ministry recently revealed just how much the country has benefited from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, estimating its windfall natural-gas revenues for 2022-23 to be around $111 billion. Yet rather than transferring these gains to those on the front line, the government is hoarding them.

     argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

    PS editors

    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    American Idiots

    J. Bradford DeLong considers the implications of Donald Trump and friends' effort to orchestrate an unnecessary government shutdown.
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    Good Growth Requires Getting Public-Private Partnerships Right

    Mariana Mazzucato worries that a recently unveiled industrial strategy is not structured properly.
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    A New Deal for Developing Countries

    William Ruto explains what climate-vulnerable Africa will need to strengthen their resilience and sustain economic growth.
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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Gender Apartheid Is a Crime Against Humanity

    Gordon Brown urges global policymakers to address the Afghan regime’s egregious violations of women and girls' rights.
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    Putin’s Setbacks Are Cold Comfort for Europe

    Joschka Fischer considers the implications of Russia's loss in Syria and Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House.
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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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  1. A New Deal for Developing Countries
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    A New Deal for Developing Countries

    Dec 23, 2024 William Ruto explains what climate-vulnerable Africa will need to strengthen their resilience and sustain economic growth.

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    Good Growth Requires Getting Public-Private Partnerships Right

    Dec 23, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato worries that a recently unveiled industrial strategy is not structured properly.

  3. American Idiots
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    American Idiots

    Dec 23, 2024 J. Bradford DeLong considers the implications of Donald Trump and friends' effort to orchestrate an unnecessary government shutdown.

  4. Putin’s Setbacks Are Cold Comfort for Europe
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    Putin’s Setbacks Are Cold Comfort for Europe

    Dec 23, 2024 Joschka Fischer considers the implications of Russia's loss in Syria and Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House.

  5. Gender Apartheid Is a Crime Against Humanity
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    Gender Apartheid Is a Crime Against Humanity

    Dec 23, 2024 Gordon Brown urges global policymakers to address the Afghan regime’s egregious violations of women and girls' rights.

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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

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    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    Angela Merkel’s World of Yesterday

    Helmut K. Anheier highlights how and why the former German chancellor’s legacy has soured in the three years since she left power.
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    The Eight Headwinds Threatening Global Growth in 2025

    Dambisa Moyo highlights the major trends which, if left unchecked, could usher in a period of prolonged stagnation.
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    Did Neoliberalism Kill American Democracy?

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    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.

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    Enrique Krauze on Baruch Spinoza, the US election, Mexican democracy, and more

    Enrique Krauze considers the responsibility of the state to guarantee freedom, heralds the demise of Mexico’s democracy, highlights flaws in higher-education systems, and more.
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    The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda

    Daron Acemoglu fears that the tech industry’s current priorities will result in the worst of all possible worlds.

The world’s diplomatic, political, and economic divisions continue to harden – both between countries and within them. Whereas 2022 and 2023 featured a war of attrition in Ukraine, we have since entered a broader world of attrition, with zero-sum conflicts multiplying across the board.

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    Digital Financial Inclusion Strengthens Climate Resilience

    Ellen Jackowski calls for reducing the number of unbanked people and building digital infrastructure in vulnerable communities.
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    Responsible Mining Can Advance Global Environmental Goals

    Mauricio Cabrera Leal urges global policymakers to establish mechanisms that promote ethical resource extraction.
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    Public Guarantees Would Boost European Green Industry

    Doris Hafenbradl explains how EU policymakers can use government funds to crowd in private capital for cleantech firms.

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  1. Mariana Mazzucato Good Growth Requires Getting Public-Private Partnerships Right
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  1. J. Bradford DeLong American Idiots
  2. Joschka Fischer Putin’s Setbacks Are Cold Comfort for Europe
  3. Håvard Halland, et al. Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer
  4. Galip Dalay Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

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  3. Nathalie Alvarado, et al. Crime Is Punishing Latin America’s Economies
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  1. William Ruto A New Deal for Developing Countries
  2. Ilana Seid The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions
  3. Ellen Jackowski Digital Financial Inclusion Strengthens Climate Resilience
  4. Ludovic Chatoux, et al. How the EU Can Scale Up Carbon Removal

  1. Carl Gahnberg Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure
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  3. Cina Lawson The AI Revolution Is at Home in Africa
  4. Andrew Gallucci The Dollar Diplomacy We Need

  1. Gordon Brown Gender Apartheid Is a Crime Against Humanity
  2. Dambisa Moyo Twelve Questions for Philanthropists
  3. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President
  4. Antara Haldar Trump’s Victory Over the Rule of Law

Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

  1. William Ruto A New Deal for Developing Countries
  2. Cina Lawson The AI Revolution Is at Home in Africa
  3. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President

Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. Katrin Kivi The Case for Press Freedom Just Got Stronger
  2. Geoff Mulgan The Right to Truth
  3. Nishant Lalwani, et al. As Disinformation Thrives, Democracy Dies

As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, PS commentators assess its implications for the economy, propose policy responses, and consider what might – and sho…

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