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    America’s Big Trade Win

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Despite the uncertainty surrounding global trade, there are some bright spots – namely, booming trade in services. And here, ironically, the United States is leading the way, running a services trade surplus with most major economies and generating millions of good jobs for American workers.

     encourages the US government to acknowledge the country’s impressive success in exporting services.
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    Germany’s Incoming Government Has Embraced Military Keynesianism

    Tom Krebs & Isabella M. Weber

    Germany's prospective governing parties have now amended the country's constitutional "debt brake" in order to boost defense spending. But by limiting the amendment to military expenditure, they are squandering an opportunity to invest in the country's economic future.

     warn that current plans to boost military spending will unnecessarily undercut other priorities.
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    When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump?

    Dani Rodrik argues that leaders in both sectors bear a disproportionate responsibility to come to democracy's defense.
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    Trump’s War on Foreign Aid and the Rise of Transactional Diplomacy

    Bright Simons highlights the global implications of the administration’s decision to shut down USAID.
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    Will the Dollar Continue to Fall?

    Jim O'Neill explains why the US currency has been declining despite widespread expectations to the contrary.
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    Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience

    Ekhosuehi Iyahen explains how the insurance industry can mobilize private capital toward nature-based solutions.
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    AI in the Office

    Azeem Azhar & Chantal Smith consider what artificial intelligence will mean for knowledge workers and the firms that rely on them.
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    What AI Can Learn From Aviation Safety

    Sylvain Duranton & Vanessa Lyon explain why the technology’s future depends on ensuring system integrity and preventing misuse.
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    The Global South’s Path to Economic Resilience

    Anwar Ibrahim explains how Malaysia and other middle powers are navigating increasingly uncertain geopolitical terrain.
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  1. Trump’s War on Foreign Aid and the Rise of Transactional Diplomacy
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    Trump’s War on Foreign Aid and the Rise of Transactional Diplomacy

    Mar 19, 2025 Bright Simons highlights the global implications of the administration’s decision to shut down USAID.

  2. Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience
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    Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience

    Mar 19, 2025 Ekhosuehi Iyahen explains how the insurance industry can mobilize private capital toward nature-based solutions.

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    What AI Can Learn From Aviation Safety

    Mar 19, 2025 Sylvain Duranton & Vanessa Lyon explain why the technology’s future depends on ensuring system integrity and preventing misuse.

  4. America’s Big Trade Win
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    America’s Big Trade Win

    Mar 19, 2025 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala encourages the US government to acknowledge the country’s impressive success in exporting services.

  5. Germany’s Incoming Government Has Embraced Military Keynesianism
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    Germany’s Incoming Government Has Embraced Military Keynesianism

    Mar 19, 2025 Tom Krebs & Isabella M. Weber warn that current plans to boost military spending will unnecessarily undercut other priorities.

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    The Global South’s Path to Economic Resilience

    Anwar Ibrahim explains how Malaysia and other middle powers are navigating increasingly uncertain geopolitical terrain.
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    Diane Coyle on innovation, AI, economic data, and more

    Diane Coyle suggests ways to account for “free” digital services in economic frameworks, considers how to prevent the emergence of AI monopolies, warns that cutting funding for basic research is tantamount to destroying the US economy’s foundations, and more.
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    Abundance and Its Discontents

    James Livingston asks why the absence of economic scarcity is viewed as a problem rather than a cause for celebration.
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    The Opacity of Hope

    Jonathan Levy reflects on how the politics promoted by America’s first Black president gave rise to its first felonious one.
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    Ian Buruma on Gaza, Trump, authoritarianism, and more

    Ian Buruma says there is no chance US democracy will emerge from Donald Trump’s second administration unscathed, explains why the left is losing the culture war in the US and Europe, touts the enduring importance of the humanities, and more.
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    In AI We Trust?

    William H. Janeway explains why even cutting-edge innovations are not immune to the world’s inherent unpredictability.

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    The Biofuel Sham Could Worsen Global Hunger and Inequality

    Jennifer Clapp & Olivier De Schutter urge the UN maritime regulator not to encourage the shipping industry to move from one unsustainable fuel to another.
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    Sustainability in an Unstable World

    Bertrand Badré & Thomas Crampton warn against de-emphasizing climate action in the face of new geopolitical concerns.
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    Canada Must Learn From the Green Backlash

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  1. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala America’s Big Trade Win
  2. Tom Krebs, et al. Germany’s Incoming Government Has Embraced Military Keynesianism
  3. Jim O'Neill Will the Dollar Continue to Fall?
  4. Laura Tyson, et al. Deportations Will Deepen the Trump Slump

  1. Dani Rodrik When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump?
  2. Mathieu Lefèvre, et al. The American and European Publics Still Stand With Ukraine
  3. Bartosz Węglarczyk Europe, United, Will Never Be Defeated!
  4. Koichi Hamada Countering Trump’s Politics of Fear

  1. Bright Simons Trump’s War on Foreign Aid and the Rise of Transactional Diplomacy
  2. Anu Madgavkar, et al. Emerging Economies Must Get Rich Before They Get Old
  3. Nilima Gulrajani Making a Better Case for Foreign Aid
  4. Gordon Brown A Reformed WHO Should Make Its Case to America

  1. Ekhosuehi Iyahen Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience
  2. Jennifer Clapp, et al. The Biofuel Sham Could Worsen Global Hunger and Inequality
  3. Bertrand Badré, et al. Sustainability in an Unstable World
  4. Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, et al. The Key to Universal Energy Access Is Green

  1. Sylvain Duranton, et al. What AI Can Learn From Aviation Safety
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  3. Cristina Caffarra Europe Must Break Free from Its Digital Dependence
  4. Adair Turner AI Will Not Supercharge GDP Growth

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

  1. Jaynisha Patel The Sahel’s Dangerous Downward Spiral
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Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. J. Bradford DeLong Trump’s Smoke and Mirrors
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Oceans cover over 70% of the planet’s surface and account for 97% of its total water supply; they produce half the oxygen that we breathe and absorb o…

  1. Ekhosuehi Iyahen Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience
  2. Dadang Mujiono Empty Promises Won’t Save Marine Ecosystems
  3. Maya Delaney, et al. Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States