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Daniel Litvin

Daniel Litvin

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Daniel Litvin is Senior Adviser to the executive committee of ERM, the global sustainability consultancy, and a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute. He is also Founder of Critical Resource, which advises energy and resource companies on sustainability and geopolitical risk, and the author of Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest, and Corporate Responsibility (Texere, 2004).

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  1. The Next Global Resource Crisis
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    The Next Global Resource Crisis

    Nov 3, 2022 Daniel Litvin asks how the West can avoid dependence on China for the minerals on which the clean-energy transition depends.

  2. The Unsustainable Sustainable Investing Boom
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    The Unsustainable Sustainable Investing Boom

    Oct 4, 2019 Daniel Litvin fears that a movement promoting more enlightened financial capitalism is starting to exhibit some familiar flaws.

  3. Storm Warning for the Fossil-Fuel Industry
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    Storm Warning for the Fossil-Fuel Industry

    Sep 26, 2018 Daniel Litvin explains that after a year of extreme weather events, the political pressure on oil and gas producers is likely to grow.

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    Trump’s Best Hope for Peace Is to Support Ukraine

    Tatyana Deryugina, et al. warn that trying to appease Putin could cast the American president-elect as a modern-day Neville Chamberlain.
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    Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons?

    Slavoj Žižek dismisses the idea that firing Western missiles at Russian targets represents a dangerous escalation.
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    The End of the Liberal West

    Joschka Fischer considers what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for Europe and the post-war world order.
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    Trump’s Inflationary Triple Threat

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    Contrary to the claims of techno-libertarians like Elon Musk, independent central banks have a decades-long record of successfully controlling inflation. Yet, as the Federal Reserve’s credibility and oversight capabilities become more critical than ever, US President-elect Donald Trump’s policies threaten to undermine them.

    warns that the incoming administration’s agenda would weaken the Fed and destabilize the financial system.
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    What Will Trump Do About China?

    US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to take a confrontational approach to China, with tariffs as his weapon of choice. But unless his administration adopts a measured approach, his plans may end up harming American businesses and consumers, undermining US democracy, or even leading to military confrontation.

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    The Big Picture

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    Human Progress in the Trump Era

    Tawakkol Karman, et al. propose ways to foster a culture of cooperation at a time of rising conflict and democratic erosion.
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    Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy

    Jeffrey Frankel dives into the incoming US administration’s absurd claim that fresh tax cuts will not increase the deficit.
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    The Deal Trump Should Offer China

    Todd G. Buchholz proposes that the incoming US administration push for a debt write-off and market access instead of tariffs.

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