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Paola Subacchi

Paola Subacchi

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Paola Subacchi, Professor of International Economics at the University of London’s Queen Mary Global Policy Institute, is the author, most recently, of the report De-Risking the Global Financial System: Forging a “New Consensus.”

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  1. Cry for Milei’s Argentina
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    Cry for Milei’s Argentina

    Nov 29, 2023 Paola Subacchi cautions against the incoming leader’s pledge to establish the greenback as the sole legal tender.

  2. The Italian Economy’s Moment of Truth
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    The Italian Economy’s Moment of Truth

    Jun 14, 2023 Paola Subacchi thinks this year’s growth slowdown will force the government to focus on a narrower set of priorities.

  3. What Role for the G20?
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    What Role for the G20?

    Jun 12, 2023 Mohan Kumar, et al. consider whether the forum is still fit for purpose now that great-power rivalries are ascendant.

  4. The Great Global Crack-Up
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    The Great Global Crack-Up

    Mar 8, 2023 Paola Subacchi examines the risks generated by the geopolitics-fueled backlash against economic globalization.

  5. China’s New Direction
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    China’s New Direction

    Jan 6, 2023 Paola Subacchi considers the implications of a systemically important country turning its back on the system.

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    China Tightens Its Grip on Hong Kong

    Chris Patten condemns the latest attempt by the Communist Party’s puppet government to curb democratic freedoms.
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    The Struggle for Currency Supremacy

    Paolo Tasca

    New techno-powered alternative currencies should not be seen as decisive challenges to the US dollar. Instead, they are best understood as pawns in an older game of strategic dominance for which there is no end in sight.

    expects that digital assets will accelerate efforts to create alternatives to the US dollar.
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    The Oligarch, His Ex-Wife, Her Mother, and Rupert Murdoch

    Nina L. Khrushcheva contemplates the media mogul's impending marriage to the Russian biologist Elena Zhukova.
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    The Immigration Tinderbox

    In the United States and Europe, immigration tends to divide people into opposing camps: those who claim that newcomers undermine economic opportunity and security for locals, and those who argue that welcoming migrants and refugees is a moral and economic imperative. How should one make sense of a debate that is often based on motivated reasoning, with emotion and underlying biases affecting the selection and interpretation of evidence?

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    Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future

    Rabah Arezki considers what Bassirou Diomaye Faye's presidency could mean for one of Africa's most closely watched democracies.
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    America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation

    Dante Alighieri Disparte urges policymakers to take decisive action and set new rules for the industry in 2024.
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    Rached Ghannouchi’s Plight Deserves More Attention

    Abdullah Gül decries the prosecution and imprisonment of Tunisia's widely respected avatar of Islamic democracy.
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    WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala writes that meaningful change will come only when members other than the US help steer the organization.
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    What Can Stop the Shortening of American Lives?

    Michael R. Bloomberg shows how a loss of public trust in public-health professionals is undercutting US life expectancy.

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