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Hilal Elver

Hilal Elver

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Hilal Elver, a former UN special rapporteur on the right to food, is a global distinguished fellow at the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a research professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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  1. The Global Food System Isn’t Working
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    The Global Food System Isn’t Working

    Jul 13, 2021 Hilal Elver calls on governments, civil society, and the private sector to address growing hunger and malnutrition.

  2. When Agricultural Workers Go Hungry
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    When Agricultural Workers Go Hungry

    Oct 18, 2018 Hilal Elver & Melissa Shapiro ask why so many farm workers can't put enough food on their plates.

  3. How to End Hunger
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    How to End Hunger

    Jul 8, 2016 Hilal Elver & Jomo Kwame Sundaram underscore the need to raise the world's shockingly low levels of social protection.

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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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