Antara Haldar
advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
The prevailing narrative that frames Israel as a colonial power suppressing Palestinians’ struggle for statehood grossly oversimplifies a complicated conflict and inadvertently vindicates the region’s most oppressive regimes. Achieving a durable, lasting peace requires moving beyond such facile analogies.
rejects the facile moralism of those who view the ongoing war through the narrow lens of decolonization.
The far-right populist Geert Wilders’ election victory in the Netherlands reflects the same sentiment that powered Brexit and Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016. But such outcomes could not happen without the cynicism displayed over the past few decades by traditional conservative parties.
shows what Geert Wilders has in common with other ultra-nationalist politicians, past and present.
伦敦—全球至少有一半人口 无法获得 基本卫生服务,医疗费用每年使近1亿人陷入极端贫困。稀缺资源的分配方式很重要,我们也有充分的理由相信,金融可以在应对这一挑战方面发挥关键作用。60多个国家已经启动了国家 金融包容性战略,学术研究也热衷于了解其影响。
直到最近,还没有证据表明金融可以对健康产生重大影响。为家庭提供储蓄账户、信贷和健康保险等金融产品的随机对照试验没有发现效果。但至关重要的是,这些研究没有研究银行业重要的长期和大规模方面,也没有考虑向企业和医疗供应商提供的金融产品和服务。
在一项最近的研究中,我使用了一项自然实验,引入印度的银行服务普及差异以评估十年来全国金融包容性改善对市场不同参与者的影响。与以前的研究相反,我发现家庭健康状况有了实质性改善。
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