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Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Jomo Kwame Sundaram

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Jomo Kwame Sundaram was Assistant Director-General and Coordinator for Economic and Social Development in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.

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  1. Free Trade’s Diminishing Returns
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    Free Trade’s Diminishing Returns

    Aug 5, 2016 Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Vladimir Popov suggest that free-trade deals neither raise advanced-economy incomes, nor serve poor countries.

  2. 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.

  3. The Trans-Pacific Shell Game
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    The Trans-Pacific Shell Game

    Jun 1, 2016 Jomo Kwame Sundaram skewers the exaggerated claims being made about the recently signed TPP trade deal.

  4. Fat’s Heavy Burden
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    Fat’s Heavy Burden

    Jul 20, 2015 Jomo Kwame Sundaram makes a strong case for coordinated action aimed at reducing obesity worldwide.

  5. The Good-Governance Trap
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    The Good-Governance Trap

    Jun 24, 2015 Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Michael T. Clark identify a better approach to fostering economic and social development.

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    The Key to Universal Energy Access Is Green

    Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven & Francesco La Camera tout the transformative potential of distributed renewable energy systems.
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    Trumponomics’ Exorbitant Burden

    Raghuram G. Rajan

    According to the incoming chair of US President Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, America runs large trade deficits and struggles to compete in manufacturing because foreign demand for US financial assets has made the dollar too strong. It’s an argument that manages to be both logically incoherent and historically wrong.

    is unpersuaded by the argument made by presidential advisers for unilaterally restructuring global trade.
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    Trump, Bitcoin, and the Future of the Dollar

    Carla Norrlöf

    By launching new trade wars and ordering the creation of a Bitcoin reserve, Donald Trump is assuming that US trade partners will pay any price to maintain access to the American market. But if he is wrong about that, the dominance of the US dollar, and all the advantages it confers, could be lost indefinitely.

    doubts the US administration can preserve the greenback’s status while pursuing its trade and crypto policies.
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    Fear and Loathing in the Oval Office

    Nina L. Khrushcheva sees traces of Stalin and Mao in Donald Trump’s penchant for ritual humiliation of foe and friend alike.
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    Future-Proofing Social Protection

    Florian Juergens-Grant & Luca Pellerano explain why employers’ contributions should be determined by capital intensity, not just labor stock.
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    Diane Coyle on innovation, AI, economic data, and more

    Diane Coyle suggests ways to account for “free” digital services in economic frameworks, considers how to prevent the emergence of AI monopolies, warns that cutting funding for basic research is tantamount to destroying the US economy’s foundations, and more.
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    Long Weekends Forever

    Juliet B. Schor recognizes the technology's potential to facilitate a four-day workweek, benefiting workers and owners alike.
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    Overcoming the Sectarian Challenge to Democracy

    Tawakkol Karman explains what it will take to forge a sustainable political settlement in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East.
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    The World According to the Oligarchs

    Simon Johnson explains how techno-monopolists’ consolidation of political power in the United States will play out.

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