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Sandeep Vaheesan

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Sandeep Vaheesan, Legal Director at the Open Markets Institute, is the author of Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States (The University of Chicago Press, 2024).

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  1. Getting Abundance Right
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    Getting Abundance Right

    Mar 28, 2025 Sandeep Vaheesan urges the creation of public utilities to accelerate decarbonization and improve living standards.

  2. How Antitrust Can Advance Kamala Harris’s Small-Business Agenda
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    How Antitrust Can Advance Kamala Harris’s Small-Business Agenda

    Oct 31, 2024 Sandeep Vaheesan defends collective bargaining by independent firms seeking leverage over powerful corporations.

  3. The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers
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    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    May 17, 2024 Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.

  4. Why the US Must Ban Non-Compete Clauses
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    Why the US Must Ban Non-Compete Clauses

    Dec 14, 2022 Najah A. Farley & Sandeep Vaheesan call on the federal government to take a simple step to protect workers from oppressive employment conditions.

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    Will Qatari Gold Sink Netanyahu?

    Konstanty Gebert

    Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to fire the country's internal security chief has raised suspicions, given that the move comes just after the launch of an investigation into a new scandal involving his own aides. Israelis are right to worry that they could now be heading for a constitutional crisis.

     explains the latest scandal to hit Israel's increasingly illiberal, norm-breaking government.
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    The US and Russia Are Negotiating in Bad Faith

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for a highly favorable deal on the Ukraine war.
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    Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Demands More Than Competitiveness

    Marietje Schaake & Max von Thun warn that the European Union’s deregulatory push could undermine its autonomy and fundamental values.
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    How Should Africa Respond to Foreign-Aid Cuts?

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor touts the potential of foreign remittances to sustain public services as external support shrinks.
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    How Should China Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?

    Huang Yiping urges Chinese policymakers to fill the leadership vacuum created by America’s protectionist turn.
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    Who Will Drive the Post-American Global Economy?

    Jim O'Neill considers what other large economies can do to offset the effects of the Trump administration's trade warfare.
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    Health Is Wealth in a Geriatric World

    Hippolyte Fofack

    The Global South is increasingly at risk of growing old before becoming rich, which implies huge social and economic costs. To avert this outcome, the Hevolution Foundation, a nonprofit backed by the Saudi royal family, has begun to support research focused on lengthening healthspans – the period of life spent in good health.

     explains why increasing “healthspans” to match lifespans is a moral and economic imperative.
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    Europe’s Democrats Must Forge a Will to Fight

    Wojciech Przybylski & Goran Buldioski think European leaders' most urgent security task is to nurture citizens' resolve to defend their countries.
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    Governments Are Not Startups

    Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel explain why ongoing efforts to run the state like a business are doomed to fail.

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