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Sven Smit

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Sven Smit is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and Chair of the McKinsey Global Institute.

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  1. Action on Planet and People Depends on Growth
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    Action on Planet and People Depends on Growth

    Sep 13, 2023 Michael Spence, et al. tally the costs of advancing the twin imperatives of boosting living standards and achieving sustainability.

  2. What Does the World Need to Achieve Sustainable, Inclusive Growth?
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    What Does the World Need to Achieve Sustainable, Inclusive Growth?

    Dec 23, 2022 Sven Smit, et al. propose measures to build an inclusive economy through greater productivity and innovation.

  3. Advanced Economies’ Missing Link
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    Advanced Economies’ Missing Link

    Feb 12, 2020 Sven Smit & Anu Madgavkar identify the source of the disconnect between bright economic data and gloomy public sentiment.

  4. A Growth Strategy for Europe
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    A Growth Strategy for Europe

    Sep 15, 2015 Hans-Helmut Kotz, et al. offer concrete proposals for lifting the EU out of its economic malaise.

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    The TikTok Boomerang

    Angela Huyue Zhang

    By banning TikTok, US authorities have sent American users of the app flocking to Chinese platforms with even fewer safeguards on data security or algorithmic manipulation. Though these, too, might be banned, others will replace them, leading America to construct, one prohibition at a time, its own "Great Firewall."

     thinks the US government's ban on the app has left it in an untenable position.
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    Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States

    Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.
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    School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development

    Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.
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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 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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