The European Jewish Association’s recent insistence on the exceptional nature of anti-Semitism raises important questions about the nature of privilege and oppression in contemporary societies. The risk is that the EJA’s conceptual framework could all too easily reproduce the very bigotry it seeks to oppose.
sees problems with efforts to treat hatred toward Jews separately from other forms of bigotry.
In October 2022, Chileans elected a far-left constitutional convention which produced a text so bizarrely radical that nearly two-thirds of voters rejected it. Now Chileans have elected a new Constitutional Council and put a far-right party in the driver’s seat.
blames Chilean President Gabriel Boric's coalition for the rapid rise of far right populist José Antonio Kast.
伦敦—十年前的这个月,法国巴黎银行(BNP Paribas)决定限制投资者提取他们在三只基金中的存款。这是金融压力的第一个重大信号,一年后全球经济不堪这一压力,轰然崩溃。但2008年底爆发并一直持续到2009年初的大规模经济和金融混乱——几乎将世界打入灾难性的多年萧条——还是让发达经济体的决策者措手不及。他们显然没有足够关注新兴市场危机的教训。
只要你有关于发展中国家金融危机的经验,或研究过这个主题,就会非常清醒地认识到它们的突出特征。首先,正如已故的鲁迪格·多恩布什(Rüdiger Dornbusch)所言,金融危机可能需要很长时间发展,但一旦爆发,就会非常迅速、广泛、暴力、(似乎)不加区别地蔓延。
在这个顺次倒闭的过程中,总体金融条件很快就会完成从繁荣到萧条的转换。看似坚不可摧的私人信贷工厂不堪一击,央行和政府面临着棘手的、具有内在不确定性的政策抉择。此外,决策者还必须考虑经济活动“突然停止”的风险,这可能摧毁就业、贸易和投资。
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