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Antara Haldar

Antara Haldar

Writing for PS since 2019
31 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Antara Haldar, Associate Professor of Empirical Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge, is a visiting faculty member at Harvard University and the principal investigator on a European Research Council grant on law and cognition.

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  1. Can AI Learn to Obey the Law?
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    Can AI Learn to Obey the Law?

    Apr 3, 2024 Antara Haldar offers a conceptual framework for navigating current debates about regulation and governance.

  2. Shock Therapy Killed Navalny
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    Shock Therapy Killed Navalny

    Feb 29, 2024 Antara Haldar argues that while Vladimir Putin bears responsibility, so do the economic policies that put him in power.

  3. Populism’s Great Replacement of Economics
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    Populism’s Great Replacement of Economics

    Feb 1, 2024 Antara Haldar urges policymakers to heed Karl Polanyi’s warning that the economy cannot be “disembedded” from society.

  4. Look East to Fix Climate Governance
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    Look East to Fix Climate Governance

    Jan 2, 2024 Antara Haldar explains how cultural wisdom and a key institutional innovation salvaged a doomed summit.

  5. The Twilight Zone of Economics
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    The Twilight Zone of Economics

    Dec 4, 2023 Antara Haldar uses Nobel laureate Robert J. Shiller’s work to buttress the case for a behavioral approach to economics.

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    Navigating Major Transitions in an Uncertain Economy

    Mohamed A. El-Erian explains how to recalibrate expectations in the face of yet another forecasting failure.
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    Must Democratizing the Media Be Bad for Democracy?

    Carsten Brosda proposes a strategy to defend the digital public square against manipulation and algorithmic distortion.
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    Central Banks in a Cashless World

    Mariana Mazzucato & David Eaves explain why policymakers should become more involved in shaping or creating digital-payments infrastructure.
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    Governments Must Step Up to Prevent Cervical Cancer

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor urges policymakers worldwide to commit to administering the HPV vaccine as widely as possible.
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    The Perils of Retirement in America

    Teresa Ghilarducci

    The US retirement system is failing American workers. But after decades of pushing fake fixes – especially forcing people to work longer – US policymakers have an opportunity to make real progress in bolstering Americans' economic security in old age.

    proposes a Grey New Deal that would boost economic security for all US workers in old age.
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    Fifty Years of Immunization Success Call for 50 More

    Sania Nishtar touts the remarkable results of global collaboration on routine vaccination and foresees continued progress.
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    Trump on Trial

    From a long list of criminal indictments to unfavorable voter demographics, there is plenty standing between presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and a second term in the White House. But a Trump victory in the November election remains a distinct possibility – and a cause for serious economic concern.

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    The IMF Chose the Right Leader the Wrong Way

    Ngaire Woods thinks the Fund’s process for selecting its managing director is woefully out of step with today’s world.
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    Trump Is Putin’s Only Hope Now

    Carl Bildt considers the implications of Ukraine finally receiving the Western military aid it has been waiting for.

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