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Thomas Fricke

Thomas Fricke

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Thomas Fricke is Director of Forum for a New Economy.

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  1. From the Washington Consensus to the Berlin Declaration
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    From the Washington Consensus to the Berlin Declaration

    Jun 27, 2024 Dani Rodrik, et al. tout a new understanding by leading economists about what policymakers must do to preempt the populist threat.

  2. The Right Incentives for a Low-Carbon Future
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    The Right Incentives for a Low-Carbon Future

    Jan 14, 2016 Thomas Fricke explains why policymakers cannot count on rising energy costs to spur emissions reductions.

  3. Green Depreciation and European Recovery
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    Green Depreciation and European Recovery

    Jun 4, 2015 Thomas Fricke & Xavier Timbeau propose an accelerated depreciation scheme to fight climate change and boost Europe’s economy.

  4. Climate and Competitiveness

    Climate and Competitiveness

    Mar 24, 2014 Thomas Fricke argues that further reductions of greenhouse-gas emissions could save European industry.

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    The Path Not Taken in Trump’s Immunity Case

    Bruce Ackerman

    The US Supreme Court has now ruled that the Constitution entitles former President Donald Trump to "presumptive immunity" from criminal prosecution for actions related to his effort to overturn the November 2020 election. There was no reason to go that far – as one conservative justice rightly saw.

    argues that the US Supreme Court should have followed the approach defended by Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
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    Social Justice Is the Best Policy

    Gilbert F. Houngbo & Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva think the principle should be brought to the center of all global policymaking efforts.
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    How Humanity Lost Control

    J. Bradford DeLong praises a recent book that explains why big, complex social systems so often go off the rails.
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    Will Biden Spoil It All?

    Peter Singer thinks the US president should step aside, or, like other one-time heroes, risk tarnishing his legacy.
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    AI-Augmented Disinformation Is NATO’s New Battlefield

    Ylli Bajraktari highlights the urgent threat that cognitive warfare poses to the international rules-based order.
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    Policy Lessons From Recent Economic Crises

    Michael J. Boskin sees plenty of reasons to worry about how US policymakers will respond when the next one erupts.
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    The Bank of Japan’s Go-Slow Policy Normalization

    Takatoshi Ito predicts that the monetary authority will start scaling back government-bond purchases before its next rate hike.
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    An Easy Solution to the EU-China Tariff Dispute

    Yang Yao urges Chinese leaders not to retaliate against the bloc’s duties, which are unlikely to hinder EV sales there.
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    After Biden’s Debate Performance, the World Should Prepare for Trump

    Richard Haass

    The US president’s disastrous performance in the first – and possibly only – debate with Donald Trump reinforced an already-entrenched narrative that will be difficult, if not impossible, to alter. His performance could even threaten to turn him into something of a lame duck, further weakening his influence at home and abroad.

    thinks the US president’s evident physical and mental infirmities have already turned him into a lame duck.

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