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Alissa Amico is Managing Director of GOVERN, the Economic and Corporate Governance Center.

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  1. How Ownership Concentration Is Happening, and Why It Matters
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    How Ownership Concentration Is Happening, and Why It Matters

    Jan 3, 2020 Alissa Amico warns that the demise of dispersed equity holdings spells trouble for the global economy.

  2. The AI Governance Challenge
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    The AI Governance Challenge

    Mar 15, 2019 Alissa Amico calls for a concerted effort by governments and private companies to develop human-centric standards.

  3. State Capitalism 2.0
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    State Capitalism 2.0

    Sep 5, 2018 Alissa Amico traces a broad shift away from privatization, and toward the modernization of state-owned enterprises.

  4. A Regulatory Race to the Bottom?
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    A Regulatory Race to the Bottom?

    Aug 14, 2017 Alissa Amico warns that institutional investors lose out when state-owned enterprises get preferential treatment.

  5. Corporate Governance at Saudi Aramco
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    Corporate Governance at Saudi Aramco

    Apr 5, 2017 Alissa Amico examines what the Kingdom must do before it takes the world's largest oil company public.

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    Trump’s Best Hope for Peace Is to Support Ukraine

    Tatyana Deryugina, et al. warn that trying to appease Putin could cast the American president-elect as a modern-day Neville Chamberlain.
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    Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons?

    Slavoj Žižek dismisses the idea that firing Western missiles at Russian targets represents a dangerous escalation.
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    The End of the Liberal West

    Joschka Fischer considers what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for Europe and the post-war world order.
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    Trump’s Inflationary Triple Threat

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    Contrary to the claims of techno-libertarians like Elon Musk, independent central banks have a decades-long record of successfully controlling inflation. Yet, as the Federal Reserve’s credibility and oversight capabilities become more critical than ever, US President-elect Donald Trump’s policies threaten to undermine them.

     warns that the incoming administration’s agenda would weaken the Fed and destabilize the financial system.
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    What Will Trump Do About China?

    US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to take a confrontational approach to China, with tariffs as his weapon of choice. But unless his administration adopts a measured approach, his plans may end up harming American businesses and consumers, undermining US democracy, or even leading to military confrontation.

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    The Big Picture

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    Human Progress in the Trump Era

    Tawakkol Karman, et al. propose ways to foster a culture of cooperation at a time of rising conflict and democratic erosion.
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    Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy

    Jeffrey Frankel dives into the incoming US administration’s absurd claim that fresh tax cuts will not increase the deficit.
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    The Deal Trump Should Offer China

    Todd G. Buchholz proposes that the incoming US administration push for a debt write-off and market access instead of tariffs.

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