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Jeffrey Frankel

Jeffrey Frankel

Writing for PS since 2000
217 commentaries
2 videos & podcasts

Jeffrey Frankel, Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University, served as a member of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers. He is a research associate at the US National Bureau of Economic Research.

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  1. What Causes Prosperity?
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    What Causes Prosperity?

    Oct 22, 2024 Jeffrey Frankel shows how this year's Nobel Prize-winning economists tackled a once-insoluble problem.

  2. Jimmy Carter’s Century
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    Jimmy Carter’s Century

    Sep 24, 2024 Jeffrey Frankel shows why the 39th president of the United States was more successful than previously believed.

  3. Finance Goes to Hollywood
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    Finance Goes to Hollywood

    Aug 23, 2024 Jeffrey Frankel surveys films that have revealed – and shaped – the public’s perception of banks, speculators, and regulation.

  4. Why Are Stocks, Gold, and the Dollar Surging?
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    Why Are Stocks, Gold, and the Dollar Surging?

    Jul 24, 2024 Jeffrey Frankel considers the economic and political factors pushing asset values to all-time highs.

  5. Tariffs on Chinese Cleantech Jeopardize the Green Transition
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    Tariffs on Chinese Cleantech Jeopardize the Green Transition

    Jun 25, 2024 Jeffrey Frankel warns that US and EU efforts to protect domestic industries from low-cost competition could backfire.

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    What Will Trump’s Victory Mean for the Climate?

    Gernot Wagner notes that the president-elect’s proposed policies will mainly harm America, not the global energy transition.
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    The Causes and Consequences of Trump’s Comeback

    Shlomo Ben-Ami considers the reasons for – and implications of – US Democrats’ resounding election failure.
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    The Laugh Is on the Democrats

    Ian Buruma sees Donald Trump’s victory as a rebellion of the culturally dispossessed who relish his insult comedy.
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    The EU Must Break Up Big Tech

    Cori Crider explains how reining in digital giants’ outsize power would boost competition and help combat climate change.
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    The Case for Solidarity Levies

    A promising way to mobilize more climate finance for developing countries is to expand the use of “solidarity levies”: global levies on carbon dioxide emissions and other economic activities that channel proceeds to developing countries. The benefits of scaling up such measures would be far-reaching.

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    Living in Trump’s World

    Mark Leonard explains what European leaders must do to prepare for the radical changes promised by the US president-elect.
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    PS Roundtable: The Return of Trump

    PS Commentators

    Although Americans – and the world – have been spared the kind of agonizing uncertainty that followed the 2020 election, a different kind of uncertainty has set in. While few doubt that Donald Trump's comeback will have far-reaching implications, most observers are only beginning to come to grips with what those could be.

    consider what the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election will mean for America and the world.
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    Inequality Is Destroying Mental Health

    Olivier De Schutter & Kate Pickett propose raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to improve well-being in unequal countries.
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    How Europe Could Benefit from Trump’s Second Term

    Daniel Gros urges policymakers to focus on defusing trade tensions with the bloc’s largest export partner.

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