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How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy
How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy
Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age. -
The Global Economy’s Biggest Untapped Resource
The Global Economy’s Biggest Untapped Resource
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Indermit Gill , Tea Trumbic , Nadia Calviño , Kristalina Georgieva , Odile Renaud-Basso , Rudo Kayombo , Yanis VaroufakisAt the current rate of progress, it will take about 300 years to end child marriage, 286 years to deliver full gender equality under the law, and 140 years to achieve equal representation in leadership positions in the workplace, the United Nations reports. This moral failure is compounded by its enormous opportunity cost: a massive improvement in human welfare.
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How Resilient Is Putin?
How Resilient Is Putin?
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Anastassia Fedyk , Yuriy Gorodnichenko , Michael R. Strain , Nina L. Khrushcheva , Robin Brooks , Simon Johnson , Ian BurumaAs Russia prepares for another sham presidential election, the West is introducing new sanctions over the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, considering seizing some $300 billion of Russian central-bank assets, and struggling to overcome political hurdles to continued support for Ukraine. How, if at all, will these developments affect Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on political power?
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Will Today’s Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?
Will Today’s Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?
Xiaolan Fu considers how lower-income economies can respond to the rise of technologies unsuited to their specific needs. -
Nina L. Khrushcheva on Navalny, Putin, Russian elections, and more
Nina L. Khrushcheva on Navalny, Putin, Russian elections, and more
Nina L. Khrushcheva argues that seizing Russia’s central-bank assets would harm the West’s international reputation, highlights cracks in the Russian regime, calls warnings that Vladimir Putin plans to invade NATO irresponsible, and more. -
Making Bretton Woods Work for Africa
Making Bretton Woods Work for Africa
Hippolyte Fofack envisions a reformed global financial architecture that provides equal access to long-term patient capital. -
The War for the West
The War for the West
Ivan Krastev interviewed by Sławomir Sierakowski about the conflict in Ukraine and the challenges facing Western democracies in a changing world. -
Which AI Risks Matter?
Which AI Risks Matter?
Edoardo Campanella considers three leading experts’ assessments of the technology’s future capabilities and their implications. -
Europe Must Defend Itself
Europe Must Defend Itself
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Joschka Fischer , Philippe Legrain , Mark Leonard , Daniela SchwarzerDonald Trump – who spent his presidency lambasting NATO – recently suggested that he would encourage Russian aggression against NATO allies that had not met their commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense. With Trump vying for another term in the White House – and the Ukraine war still raging on the European Union’s doorstep – EU countries can no longer ignore the difficult but essential task of taking charge of their own security.
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Tim O'Reilly on AI development, regulation, copyright lawsuits, and more
Tim O'Reilly on AI development, regulation, copyright lawsuits, and more
Tim O'Reilly shows how the imperatives of modern capitalism impede the development of broadly beneficial artificial intelligence, criticizes prevailing regulatory approaches to data privacy, considers how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos went from value-creators to value-extractors, and more. -
What Was Capitalism?
What Was Capitalism?
James Livingston asks whether those at the commanding heights of today's economy are steering us toward feudalism or fatuousness. -
Defensive Democracy
Defensive Democracy
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Eric Posner, Jan-Werner Mueller, Michael Bröning, Daniela Schwarzer, Joseph S. Nye, Jr.As the US Supreme Court weighs whether Donald Trump is eligible to appear on the Colorado primary ballot – and, effectively, to run in this year’s presidential election – Germany is engaged in a heated debate about whether to ban the far-right Alternative für Deutschland. While disqualification of anti-democratic candidates and parties has been the exception in the world’s democracies, has it now become necessary?
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The Rise of Consumer Crypto
The Rise of Consumer Crypto
Steve Kaczynski & Scott Duke Kominers detail a wide range of business uses for non-fungible tokens and other blockchain-based technologies.
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“It is better to ask forgiveness than permission” has been the mantra of the digital revolution so far, and one should not expect that to change with artificial intelligence. For those already in a position to dominate this potentially groundbreaking sector, the opportunities are too enticing to miss.
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