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Nurul Izzah Anwar

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Nurul Izzah Anwar, a former member of the Malaysian parliament, is a political activist and Chairperson of the Social and Economic Research Initiative.

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  1. Transforming Health Care in Southeast Asia
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    Transforming Health Care in Southeast Asia

    Aug 2, 2024 Nurul Izzah Anwar urges regional cooperation and greater local capacity to combat infectious and non-communicable diseases.

  2. Protecting Gaza’s Children
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    Protecting Gaza’s Children

    Nov 27, 2023 Nurul Izzah Anwar & Yolanda Augustin urge the international community to support the young Palestinians bearing the brunt of the war.

  3. Measuring Poverty Properly
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    Measuring Poverty Properly

    Feb 15, 2022 Nurul Izzah Anwar argues that the effects of the pandemic and climate change have put a premium on using the right methodology.

  4. Solving the Prison Dilemma of COVID-19
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    Solving the Prison Dilemma of COVID-19

    Feb 5, 2021 Nurul Izzah Anwar argues that the pandemic represents an opportunity to reduce overcrowding and prevent recidivism.

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    A House Gutted by Fire

    Terry Lynn Karl blames the inferno now consuming Los Angeles County squarely on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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    False Economies

    William H. Janeway

    For decades, an efficiency-centered “economic style” has dominated public policy, overriding the concerns for fairness that animated the New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. Now, Americans must brace for economic governance that delivers neither efficiency nor fairness, only chaos.

     highlights the high cost of the single-minded focus on efficiency that has come to dominate the discipline.
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    Can US Institutions Withstand Trump 2.0?

    While some observers doubt that US President-elect Donald Trump poses a grave threat to US democracy, others are bracing themselves for the destruction of the country’s constitutional order. With Trump’s inauguration just around the corner, we asked PS commentators how vulnerable US institutions really are.

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    The Climate Policy Pendulum

    Gernot Wagner notes that green technologies retain their many advantages, regardless of national political developments.
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    Could High-Skill Immigration Increase Under Trump?

    Michael R. Strain argues that the recent kerfuffle over foreign workers underscores the president-elect’s pragmatic instincts.
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    What Happened to International Law?

    Eric Posner sees the web of treaties, conventions, and institutions as another victim of the anti-globalization backlash.
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    Europe’s Year of Fundamental Choices

    Ana Palacio considers the complex array of internal and external challenges the European Union must confront in 2025.
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    Texas’s Online Age-Verification Law Must Be Overturned

    Lilian Coral & Prem Trivedi urge the US Supreme Court to protect internet users from legislation posing new privacy and security risks.
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    Revealing an Invisible Health Threat

    Angela Bandemehr & Albert Park tout deployment of hand-held X-ray devices to prevent lead poisoning in low- and middle-income countries.

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