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Angus Deaton

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Angus Deaton, the 2015 Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Presidential Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California, and co-author of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (Princeton University Press, 2020).

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  1. Progress in Peril
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    Progress in Peril

    Dec 11, 2023 Angus Deaton reflects on the apparent reversal in global economic development and its implications for the future.

  2. Is Economic Failure an Economics Failure?
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    Is Economic Failure an Economics Failure?

    Dec 12, 2022 Angus Deaton considers the discipline's responsibility for contemporary social and political ills.

  3. Who Broke American Democracy?
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    Who Broke American Democracy?

    Oct 27, 2022 Angus Deaton sees attacks on the US election system as an outgrowth of longer-running institutional failures.

  4. America's Killer Capitalism
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    America's Killer Capitalism

    Dec 4, 2021 Anne Case & Angus Deaton show that there are no excuses for the declining prospects among less-educated cohorts.

  5. An Interview with Angus Deaton
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    An Interview with Angus Deaton

    Jun 15, 2021 Angus Deaton

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    Europe, United, Will Never Be Defeated!

    Bartosz Węglarczyk identifies the main obstacle to the development of an effective defense strategy in the absence of US support.
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    Why Is Trump Undermining the US Economy?

    Michael R. Strain

    Although Donald Trump got off to a good start, with equity prices hitting all-time highs in anticipation of pro-growth policies, investor confidence has vanished, tanking the stock market. With the president deliberately undermining the foundations of US prosperity, one must ask why he is doing it, and what could stop him.

     offers three explanations for a set of policies that have sent investor confidence into a tailspin.
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    How to Lose a Decade

    Erik Berglöf & Nahom Ghebrihiwet warns that a trade war will harm economic growth and decarbonization, with developing countries hit hardest.
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    Will Trump’s Tariffs Derail India’s Economy?

    Shashi Tharoor

    The US administration’s plan to impose “reciprocal” import tariffs could severely curtail key Indian exports, including chemicals, metals, auto parts, and pharmaceuticals, leading to job losses and undermining fiscal stability. India has little choice but to lower its own tariffs while negotiating improved access to the US market.

     urges policymakers to brace for the impact – known and unknown – of the US administration’s trade policies.
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    Countering Trump’s Politics of Fear

    Koichi Hamada calls for a new set of policies that responds to, rather than dismisses, US voters’ legitimate fears.
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    Where Are the Democrats?

    Reed Galen lambasts the party for sitting by and watching America implode, in the misguided hope of winning the midterms.
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    Signs of a US Recession

    Dambisa Moyo catalogues several indicators suggesting that the world's largest economy is headed for a slump.
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    Trump’s Trade War

    Less than two months into his second presidency, Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on America’s three largest trading partners, with much more to come. This strategy not only lacks any credible theoretical foundations; it is putting the US on a path toward irrevocable economic and geopolitical decline.

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    Why Frugal AI Alone Won’t Fix AI’s Energy Problem

    Boris Ruf explains why shifting the responsibility for reducing AI’s carbon footprint to end users is counterproductive.

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