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Martín Guzmán

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Martín Guzmán, a former minister of economy of Argentina, is a professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

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  1. Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal
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    Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal

    Sep 30, 2024 C.P. Chandrasekhar, et al. urge the country’s new government to eschew austerity and reject the debt-restructuring deal with bondholders.

  2. The IMF Must End Its Destructive Surcharges
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    The IMF Must End Its Destructive Surcharges

    Sep 16, 2024 Joseph E. Stiglitz, et al. decry the counterproductive practice of imposing additional fees on countries in debt distress.

  3. Debt and Disease
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    Debt and Disease

    Jan 5, 2021 Martín Guzmán shares lessons from Argentina's successful sovereign-debt restructuring amid the COVID-19 crisis.

  4. An Interview with Martín Guzmán
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    An Interview with Martín Guzmán

    Dec 22, 2020 Martín Guzmán examines the lessons of Argentina’s recent debt restructuring, considers the applications of his (and Joseph Stiglitz’s) theory of “pseudo-wealth,” and shows what Dostoyevsky understood about economics.

  5. Five Principles for the Pandemic
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    Five Principles for the Pandemic

    Mar 27, 2020 Martín Guzmán explains where policymakers should focus their attention in responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

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    What African Electrification Requires

    Fatih Birol & Alain Ebobissé highlight the need for greater private-sector participation to boost investments in power grids.
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    How World Order Changes

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    World order is a matter of degree: it varies over time, depending on technological, political, social, and ideological factors that can affect the global distribution of power and influence norms. It can be radically altered both by broader historical trends and by a single major power's blunders.

     examines the role of evolving power dynamics and norms in bringing about stable arrangements among states.
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    Israel’s Blind Spot

    Ian Buruma explains the lack of sympathy, even among the country’s many anti-war protesters, for Palestinian suffering.
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    Will AI Close or Widen the Development Gap?

    Shamika Sirimanne & Xiaolan Fu call for multilateral action and grassroots pressure to ensure that the technology serves all countries.
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    Don’t Let Governments Break Encryption

    Jessica Dickinson Goodman & Ezequiel Passeron Kitroser urge citizens and lawmakers to fight for the privacy that previous generations took for granted.
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    Philanthropy in an Era of Declining Development Aid

    William Moore urges practitioners and policymakers to focus on already proven, scalable solutions.
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    South Africa’s Wrestling Match With Trump

    Adekeye Adebajo considers whether the current G20 president can still advance its agenda in the face of US obstruction.
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    How Aristotle Can Save Us

    Antara Haldar touts a conception of society in which politics and education cultivate the virtue of its members.
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    Trump vs. Europe

    Zaki Laïdi

    Donald Trump has left no doubt that he wants to build an authoritarian, illiberal world order based on traditional spheres of influence and agreements with other illiberal leaders. The only role that the European Union plays in his script is an obstacle that must be pushed aside.

     warns that the European Union has no place in Donald Trump’s illiberal worldview.

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