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Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, is the author of How Antitrust Failed Workers (Oxford University Press, 2021). 

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  1. Trump’s Pro-Corporate Populism Cannot Last
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    Trump’s Pro-Corporate Populism Cannot Last

    Dec 11, 2024 Eric Posner thinks the next president will be forced to choose between big business and the forgotten man.

  2. Why Many Workers Now Vote Republican
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    Why Many Workers Now Vote Republican

    Oct 29, 2024 Eric Posner explains how the failures of neoliberalism came to benefit the traditional party of business.

  3. Is a Pro-Labor Republican Party Possible?
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    Is a Pro-Labor Republican Party Possible?

    Aug 29, 2024 Eric Posner considers whether the party’s appeal to working-class voters amounts to a viable strategy.

  4. Prosecutions and Politics Don’t Mix
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    Prosecutions and Politics Don’t Mix

    Jul 29, 2024 Eric Posner thinks emphasizing Kamala Harris’s prosecutorial chops could backfire like the cases against Donald Trump.

  5. Rough Justice for Trump
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    Rough Justice for Trump

    May 31, 2024 Eric Posner thinks the Manhattan jury’s guilty verdict is the best that can be hoped for, under the circumstances.

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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

    PS editors

    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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