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William R. Rhodes

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William R. Rhodes, President of William R. Rhodes Global Advisers LLC, is Co-Chair of the Bretton Woods Committee’s Sovereign Debt Working Group, a former chairman and CEO of Citibank, and the author of Banker to the World: Leadership Lessons From the Front Lines of Global Finance (McGraw Hill, 2011).

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  1. Meeting Global Challenges Requires Financial Innovation
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    Meeting Global Challenges Requires Financial Innovation

    Aug 7, 2024 William R. Rhodes & John Lipsky tout the potential of state-contingent debt instruments to encourage private investment in public goods.

  2. How the Sino-American Rivalry Is Reshaping the World Order
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    How the Sino-American Rivalry Is Reshaping the World Order

    Jun 7, 2024 William R. Rhodes & Stuart P.M. Mackintosh warn that global forums and solutions will be among the biggest losers of a deepening superpower conflict.

  3. The Global Order’s Triple Policy Challenge
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    The Global Order’s Triple Policy Challenge

    Aug 22, 2023 William R. Rhodes & John Lipsky outline several steps that governments could take to encourage capital inflows to emerging economies.

  4. Who Is to Blame for the New Banking Crisis?
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    Who Is to Blame for the New Banking Crisis?

    Mar 16, 2023 William R. Rhodes & Stuart P.M. Mackintosh consider the role that deregulation played in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

  5. Does the G20 Have a Future?
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    Does the G20 Have a Future?

    Jun 13, 2022 William R. Rhodes & Stuart P.M. Mackintosh doubt that the group can continue to serve a constructive role amid rising geopolitical tensions.

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    The Debt That Shall Not Be Named

    Michael R. Strain warns that both US presidential candidates are ignoring one of the most pressing issues facing the country.
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    Africa’s Place in the Emerging Global Order

    Adekeye Adebajo explains how the continent can navigate the Sino-American rivalry in a way that advances its interests.
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    The Slow Mpox Response Is Another Pandemic Wake-Up Call

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explains what world leaders need to do to prepare for future pathogens in light of the latest failures.
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    The New Gang of Four

    Richard Haass

    China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia do not have a formal alliance committed to defending one another. But they have formed an alignment driven by shared antipathy toward the existing US-led world order, and there is no simple way for the United States and its allies to respond.

     proposes ways the US and the West can counter the entente between China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
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    Escaping the New Gilded Age

    Daron Acemoglu

    As wealth inequality in the United States has grown, so has the social status and influence of the superrich, many of whom parlay their economic success into an intellectual credential. Clearly, Americans need to have a serious conversation about what they, as a society, should value.

     thinks the social, cultural, and political influence wielded by the superrich has reached a dangerous level.
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    Overworked India

    Shashi Tharoor proposes ways to address a toxic work culture that is harming young people’s health and well-being.
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    Will the EU Heed Draghi’s Call for Integration?

    Lucrezia Reichlin questions whether the bloc will be able to muster the necessary political will to secure its economic future.
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    Global Capitalism and Perpetual War

    Slavoj Žižek highlights the economic dimension fueling conflicts like Sudan’s appalling and overlooked civil war.
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    The Missing Ingredient in European Competitiveness

    Howard Davies thinks the bloc's economic future depends heavily on its ability to achieve capital-market integration.

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