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Bill Gates

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Bill Gates, Founder and Technology Adviser of the Microsoft Corporation, is Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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  1. No Time to Waste
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    No Time to Waste

    Feb 17, 2021 Bill Gates interviewed by Connie Hedegaard about what needs to happen to mitigate the planet's climate crisis before it's too late.

  2. Promises to Keep in 2016
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    Promises to Keep in 2016

    Jan 20, 2016 Bill Gates & Melinda Gates set out the three main areas on which their foundation will focus its attention this year.

  3. The Polio Heroes
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    The Polio Heroes

    Dec 17, 2015 Bill Gates praises the brave health workers and generous supporters who have nearly eradicated the disease.

  4. Who Will Suffer Most from Climate Change?
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    Who Will Suffer Most from Climate Change?

    Sep 1, 2015 Bill Gates proposes adaptation measures for those who will suffer most from hotter temperatures.

  5. Why Jeffrey Sachs Matters
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    Why Jeffrey Sachs Matters

    May 21, 2014 Bill Gates explains why the Millennium Villages Project, though a failure, was worth the risk.

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    Europe’s New Power Trio

    Simon Toubeau foresees Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen, and Manfred Weber boosting the bloc’s security and economy.
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    Canada Must Learn From the Green Backlash

    Jonathan D. Ostry calls for climate policies to reflect social realities, instead of being based solely on economic efficiency.
  3. moyo33_Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images_USstockmarket Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

    Will There Be a Sustained US Market Selloff?

    Dambisa Moyo identifies several indicators that investors and business leaders should keep an eye on.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal, but That Won’t Matter

    Aziz Huq sees an unlawful trade war as a window into America’s crumbling constitutional order.
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    Let Afghan Women Lead

    Palwasha Hassan & Shafiqa Khpalwak urge the international community to support some of the world's most repressed yet tenacious people.
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    Saving Ukraine

    By choosing to side with the aggressor in the Ukraine war, President Donald Trump’s administration has effectively driven the final nail into the coffin of US global leadership. Unless Europe fills the void – first and foremost by supporting Ukraine – it faces the prospect of more chaos and conflict in the years to come.

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    Abundance and Its Discontents

    James Livingston

    For most of human history, economic scarcity was a constant – the condition that had to be escaped, mitigated, or rationalized. Why, then, is scarcity's opposite regarded as a problem?

    asks why the absence of economic scarcity is viewed as a problem rather than a cause for celebration.
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    What Role for the Bond Vigilantes?

    J. Bradford DeLong, et al. consider whether the return of the “bond vigilantes” will become a persistent issue for major economies
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    Maintaining Progress in a Post-American World

    Olivier Blanchard & Jean Pisani-Ferry identify four big global challenges that can still be tackled through “coalitions of the willing.”

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