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Andrés Velasco

Andrés Velasco

Writing for PS since 2001
141 commentaries

Andrés Velasco, a former presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile, is Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of numerous books and papers on international economics and development, and has served on the faculty at Harvard, Columbia, and New York Universities. 

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  1. Javier Milei Means More of the Same for Argentina
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    Javier Milei Means More of the Same for Argentina

    Aug 30, 2023 Andrés Velasco says that the right-wing presidential candidate is all show – which is precisely why he’s the frontrunner.

  2. Lula’s Dance with Dictators
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    Lula’s Dance with Dictators

    Aug 1, 2023 Andrés Velasco attributes the Brazilian president's foreign-policy choices to geopolitical vanity and domestic challenges.

  3. Flexible Exchange Rates and Emerging Markets
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    Flexible Exchange Rates and Emerging Markets

    Jun 23, 2023 Andrés Velasco reviews the evidence about whether floating their currencies has insulated countries from external shocks.

  4. How the Far Left Paves the Way for the Far Right
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    How the Far Left Paves the Way for the Far Right

    May 25, 2023 Andrés Velasco blames Chilean President Gabriel Boric's coalition for the rapid rise of far right populist José Antonio Kast.

  5. The Green Transfer Problem
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    The Green Transfer Problem

    Apr 26, 2023 Andrés Velasco explains how low-income countries can mitigate the climate transition's adverse impact on exports and jobs.

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    Whither the G20?

    Takatoshi Ito

    Following the latest G20 summit, the G7 should be thinking seriously about deepening its own ties with more non-aligned countries. If the Ukraine war drags on, and if China continues to threaten to take Taiwan by force, the G20 will be split between friends of the BRICS and friends of the G7.

    sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
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    Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

    Marit Kitaw explains how the continent can move beyond resource extraction to build green industry.
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    America Must Join Europe’s Climate Club

    Gary Yohe & Roger Kuhns urge US policymakers to create a carbon-pricing policy in line with the bloc’s emissions-reduction plan.
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    Measuring Corruption in China

    Yongheng Deng & Shang-Jin Wei outline a novel approach to assessing the extent and scope of the country's graft problem.
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    To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify promising new models and philanthropic initiatives geared toward supporting independent media.
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    How to Achieve Universal Cancer Care

    Sonali Johnson urges governments worldwide to include the disease in national health-insurance schemes.
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    What Climate Finance Needs

    Nouriel Roubini & Reza Bundy

    To prevent catastrophic climate change and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy, policymakers and asset owners urgently need to rethink how we channel capital at scale. The key is to develop new financial instruments that are profitable, liquid, and easily accessible to savers and investors globally.

    explain what it will take to channel private capital and savings toward sustainable development.
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    Down on the Biden Economy

    James K. Galbraith thinks the failure of wages to keep up with inflation explains much of the public’s dour mood.
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    The Dollar’s Full-Spectrum Dominance

    Carla Norrlöf foresees the greenback’s continued global hegemony owing to network effects and opportunism.

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