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Holiday 2024 Reading List
Holiday 2024 Reading List
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Europe in the Age of Trump
Europe in the Age of Trump
Adam Michnik interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the challenges facing the continent following the US election. -
Trump’s Inflationary Triple Threat
Trump’s Inflationary Triple Threat
Maurice Obstfeld warns that the incoming administration’s agenda would weaken the Fed and destabilize the financial system. -
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What Will Trump Do About China?
What Will Trump Do About China?
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PS editors , Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg , Ian Bremmer , Todd G. Buchholz , Angela Huyue Zhang , Brahma Chellaney , Brendan KellyUS President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to take a confrontational approach to China, with tariffs as his weapon of choice. But unless his administration adopts a measured approach, his plans may end up harming American businesses and consumers, undermining US democracy, or even leading to military confrontation.
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Nicholas Agar on Elon Musk, AI, the futurism industry, and more
Nicholas Agar on Elon Musk, AI, the futurism industry, and more
Nicholas Agar urges us not to put too much stock in Musk-style “Mars-shots,” describes how the humanities needs to evolve in our time of disorienting change, suggests that humanists might soon get bored with artificial intelligence, and more. -
How Trump Did It
How Trump Did It
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PS editors, Mohamed A. El-Erian, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Daron Acemoglu, James K. Galbraith, Peter Singer, J. Bradford DeLong, Nina L. Khrushcheva, Jason StanleyNot only did Donald Trump win last week’s US presidential election decisively – winning some three million more votes than his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris – but the Republican Party he now controls gained majorities in both houses on Congress. Given the far-reaching implications of this result – for both US democracy and global stability – understanding how it came about is essential.
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To Win Back Voters, Democrats Should Let Trump Be Trump
To Win Back Voters, Democrats Should Let Trump Be Trump
Yasheng Huang urges the party to adopt a long-term strategy aimed at discrediting the MAGA ideology once and for all. -
PS Roundtable: The Return of Trump
PS Roundtable: The Return of Trump
PS Commentators consider what the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election will mean for America and the world. -
Anders Åslund on the Trump threat, Ukrainian security, Putin's survival, and more
Anders Åslund on the Trump threat, Ukrainian security, Putin's survival, and more
Anders Åslund considers what the US presidential election will mean for Ukraine, says that only a humiliating loss in the war could threaten Vladimir Putin’s position, urges the EU to take additional steps to ensure a rapid and successful Ukrainian accession, and more. -
Europe’s Existential AI Challenge
Europe’s Existential AI Challenge
Bertrand Badré & Charles Ferguson explain what is wrong with the EU technology startup system, and what to do about it. -
The US Election and America’s Future
The US Election and America’s Future
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PS editors, Nouriel Roubini, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nina L. Khrushcheva, Edoardo Campanella, Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Huq, John Mark Hansen, Reed GalenFrom the economy to foreign policy to democratic institutions, the two US presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, promise to pursue radically different agendas, reflecting sharply diverging visions for the United States and the world. Why is the race so nail-bitingly close, and how might the outcome change America?
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Will the IMF Survive to 100?
Will the IMF Survive to 100?
Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade propose incremental changes to keep developing and emerging economies on board and engaged. -
Diane Coyle on economic progress, tech monopolies, artificial intelligence, and more
Diane Coyle on economic progress, tech monopolies, artificial intelligence, and more
Diane Coyle advocates a new public philosophy that rejects viewing “government” and “market” as opposites, explains why time-use data must shape technological development, warns that policymakers are devising AI regulation in a thick conceptual fog, and more.
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The Climate Crucible
More than just a test of humanity’s collective resolve, climate change is also a test of existing institutions, and that makes it a profound security risk. When a fully globalized, interdependent world is placed in a kiln and the heat is turned up, some systems will eventually emerge stronger, but many others will fail.
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