Tag: Project-Syndicate

India – Help India Now (Project-Syndicate)

JUNAID NABI The international community must join forces and develop a collective approach to help India address its COVID-19 crisis, not only for moral reasons,...

USA – Will the Productivity Revolution Be Postponed? (Project-Syndicate)

BARRY EICHENGREEN US President Joe Biden clearly has bet on faster productivity growth to pay for his $4.1 trillion American Jobs Plan and American Families...

Norway – Waking the Norwegian Green Giant (Project-Syndicate)

MARIANA MAZZUCATO, RAINER KATTEL As one of the world's leading exporters of natural gas, Norway faces a unique challenge in a world that is increasingly moving...

The Limits to US-China Climate Cooperation (Project-Syndicate)

MINXIN PEI The world desperately needs the United States and China to collaborate in addressing climate change, but no one should harbor any illusions. The...

USA/China – The Logic of US-China Competition (Project-Syndicate)

JOSEPH S. NYE, JR. The success of US President Joe Biden’s China policy will depend on whether the two powers can cooperate in producing global...

The Varieties of Consumer Revival (Project-Syndicate)

JAANA REMES, SAJAL KOHLI Previous major economic crises such as the Great Depression and the 1973-74 oil-price shock left their marks on consumer behavior. As the...

The Green Art of the Possible (Project-Syndicate)

DANIEL GROS Europe’s experience suggests that decarbonizing the power sector first, while sheltering industry from higher costs, can generate some modest progress in reducing greenhouse-gas...

Machiavelli in the Ruins of Greensill Capital (Project-Syndicate)

HAROLD JAMES The collapse of Greensill Capital has a strong historical parallel in the decline and fall of the medieval Medici bank after it went...

USA – America First, Biden-Style (Project-Syndicate)

MELVYN B. KRAUSS Does US President Joe Biden want a dynamic America, open to the world, or Donald Trump’s anxious America, suspicious and contemptuous of...

USA – Is the US Economy Recovering or Overheating? (Project-Syndicate)

J. BRADFORD DELONG The fact that core inflation is rising on the back of substantial GDP growth and declining unemployment should not come as a...

The Lurid Orientalism of Western Media (Project-Syndicate)

BRAHMA CHELLANEY By trafficking in images of death, suffering, and private acts of mourning, Western media coverage of the COVID-19 crisis in India has broken...

Europe – What to Do About Eurozone Sovereign Debt (Project-Syndicate)

STEFANO MICOSSI, EMILIOS AVGOULEAS Now more than ever, the European Stability Mechanism should be adapted to manage eurozone member states' sovereign debts. Otherwise, the bloc's financial...

Helping the Other 66% (Project-Syndicate)

KENNETH ROGOFF Addressing within-country inequality may be the political imperative of the moment. But tackling vastly greater cross-country disparities – especially those affecting the two-thirds...

Latin America – Twisted Democracies (Project-Syndicate)

ANDRÉS VELASCO In many democracies, particularly in Latin America, well-meaning reforms intended to enhance democracy have achieved just the opposite, with governments that are strong...

What Threatens Press Freedom Today? (Project-Syndicate)

JAN-WERNER MUELLER Transparency is the missing ingredient in large media platforms today, with everyone in the dark about how proprietary algorithms sort people and prioritize...

China – How Will the Digital Renminbi Change China? (Project-Syndicate)

SHANG-JIN WEI China's new digital renminbi by itself will not help the currency to challenge the US dollar’s global dominance. Its true significance instead lies...