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Robert H. Dugger

Robert H. Dugger

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Robert H. Dugger is Managing Partner at Hanover Provident Capital LLC.

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  1. The US Federal Reserve’s Debt Purchases Are a Warning
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    The US Federal Reserve’s Debt Purchases Are a Warning

    Mar 9, 2020 David Ahn & Robert H. Dugger urge policymakers to address new generation-spanning challenges with a wartime sense of urgency.

  2. Modern Monetary Inevitabilities
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    Modern Monetary Inevitabilities

    May 27, 2019 Robert H. Dugger thinks central-bank-financed stimulus will be the only option when the next major debt crisis arrives.

  3. The Dred Scott of Climate Change?
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    The Dred Scott of Climate Change?

    Nov 16, 2018 Robert H. Dugger argues that the US federal courts should recognize the constitutional rights of future generations.

  4. America’s Hidden Debt
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    America’s Hidden Debt

    Aug 24, 2018 Daniel Blitz & Robert H. Dugger warn that official budget measures ignore the liabilities associated with infrastructure and climate change.

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    Accounting for Casino Capitalism

    Hans-Werner Sinn draws parallels between recent bank collapses and the late-nineteenth-century “founders’ crash.”
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    Who Should Be Bailed Out Next?

    Simon Zadek urges rich-country governments to aid debt-distressed poor countries as urgently as they have their failing banks.
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    The Population Boon

    Beniamino Callegari & Per Espen Stoknes correct popular myths about the threat of demographic growth to sustainable development.
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    Where Is the Global South’s Rescue Brigade?

    Vera Songwe decries the unequal responses to liquidity crises in Silicon Valley compared to the developing world.
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    Beyond Industrial Policy

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Elizabeth Garlow

    The emerging breed of industrial policies, which emphasize production, fair wages, and localism, could serve as the basis for post-neoliberal economies. But to tackle the challenges of the twenty-first century and ensure a sustainable future, we need a policy framework that recognizes the value of human connection.

    make the case for an economic strategy that prioritizes shared prosperity over competition.
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    The Other Conflict on Europe’s Doorstep

    Anders Fogh Rasmussen warns that Azerbaijan may be preparing to renew its military aggression against neighboring Armenia.
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    Let the Banks Burn

    Yanis Varoufakis

    The banking system we take for granted is unfixable. The good news is that we no longer need to rely on any private, rent-seeking, socially destabilizing network of banks, at least not the way we have so far.

    shows why the current private system is unfixable – and why we don’t need to tolerate it anymore.
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    How China Benefits from Another US Banking Crisis

    Stephen S. Roach thinks America’s latest financial trouble will reinforce a narrative of terminal national decline.
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    Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy

    Orville Schell interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad.

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