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    Collective Intelligence and the Common Good

    Mariana Mazzucato worries that a new buzzword is perpetuating a costly myth about how innovation and value creation work.
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    Two Cheers for Identity Politics

    James Livingston argues that critics of the contemporary focus on issues of race, gender, and sexuality are ignoring history.
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    The Economics of Health for All

    Mariana Mazzucato explains why pandemic prevention and preparedness must be embedded in economic policymaking.
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    Governments Must Shape AI’s Future

    Mariana Mazzucato & Fausto Gernone urge policymakers to see themselves as proactive participants in technological innovation and market-making.
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    How to Democratize AI

    Bertrand Badré & Charles Gorintin propose an approach to the technology designed to ensure that its benefits are available to everyone.
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    A Progressive Green Growth Narrative

    Mariana Mazzucato offers a multi-pronged argument to counter the claim that fighting climate change is economically burdensome.
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    Confronting Our Four Biggest Economic Challenges

    Dani Rodrik outlines a broad agenda that national governments and international policymakers should pursue in 2024.
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    There Is No Alternative to Green Industrial Strategy

    Mariana Mazzucato & Greg Clark urge UK leaders to adopt a more comprehensive approach to climate and investment policies.

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    A New Chance for the Middle East

    Richard Haass

    It is said that US President Richard Nixon was able to reach out to Mao’s China because he alone didn’t have to worry about Nixon. Much the same now applies to Donald Trump, who, unlike Joe Biden, is viewed as a friend by Israel’s right-wing government.

     sees hope for long-term ceasefires in Lebanon and Gaza if political leaders recognize their own interests.
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    The Unpleasant Surprises That Await Trump

    Moisés Naím thinks the US president-elect – and his voters – are in for a rude domestic and international awakening.
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    Trump’s Return Is an Opportunity for India

    Arvind Subramanian urges Indian policymakers to align themselves with the incoming US administration’s economic agenda.
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    Is the G77 the Future of Multilateralism?

    Adekeye Adebajo thinks the bloc’s ability to forge global coalitions positions it to lead international resistance to Trump.
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    The Democrats’ Only Option

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Although a variety of factors seem to have contributed to Donald Trump’s victory in this year’s US presidential election, the message for the defeated Democrats is clear. The party must abandon neoliberalism and return to its progressive roots in the presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson.

     urges the party to reconnect with its New Deal and Great Society roots.
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    Asia in Denial

    Stephen S. Roach warns of misguided optimism about the state of China’s economy and Donald Trump’s tariff agenda.
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    Holiday 2024 Reading List

    PS editors highlight recent recommendations by PS contributors that belong on your holiday shopping list.
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    Are Global Banking Rules Finished?

    Howard Davies wonders if the Basel Committee’s recommendations on minimum capital requirements will ever be implemented now.
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    Amazon Is Busting Democracy, Not Just Unions

    Christy Hoffman explains why the company’s efforts to quash labor organizing should concern everyone.

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