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Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo

Writing for PS since 2013
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Dambisa Moyo, an international economist, is the author of four New York Times bestselling books, including Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (Basic Books, 2018).

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  1. Twelve Questions for Philanthropists
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dec 20, 2024 Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.

  2. The Eight Headwinds Threatening Global Growth in 2025
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    The Eight Headwinds Threatening Global Growth in 2025

    Dec 6, 2024 Dambisa Moyo highlights the major trends which, if left unchecked, could usher in a period of prolonged stagnation.

  3. Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Jul 25, 2024 Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.

  4. Where Will the AI Super Cycle Lead?
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    Where Will the AI Super Cycle Lead?

    Jul 9, 2024 Dambisa Moyo considers the implications of the technology for capital, labor, productivity, and public policy.

  5. The Moral Hazard of Lower Interest Rates
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    The Moral Hazard of Lower Interest Rates

    Jun 6, 2024 Dambisa Moyo warns that an easing of monetary policy could encourage excessive borrowing and risk-taking.

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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Will the China hawks in Donald Trump’s administration railroad him into a confrontation that transcends tariffs and embraces financial sanctions of the type the US and the European Union imposed on Russia? If they do, China's leaders will have to decide whether to decouple from the dollar-based international monetary system.

    thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
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    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill

    Financial markets and official economic indicators over the past few weeks give policymakers around the world plenty to contemplate. Was the recent spike in bond yields a sufficient warning to Donald Trump and his team, or will they still follow through with inflationary stimulus, tariff, and immigration policies?

    wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.
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    The TikTok Boomerang

    Angela Huyue Zhang thinks the US government's ban on the app has left it in an untenable position.
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    Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States

    Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.
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    School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development

    Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.

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