Tag: Project-Syndicate

(Climate Challenge/Human Development) Overcoming the Climate Challenge to Human Development (Project-Syndicate)

KANNI WIGNARAJA https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/new-development-models-collective-action-climate-change-by-kanni-wignaraja-2021-02

(Myanmar) After Myanmar’s Coup (Project-Syndicate)

SHASHI THAROOR https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/myanmar-military-coup-implications-regional-reaction-by-shashi-tharoor-2021-02

(USA) What’s Different About the GameStop Bubble? (Project-Syndicate)

JEFFREY FRANKEL https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/gamestop-effect-on-financial-markets-by-jeffrey-frankel-2021-02

(Economies) This Decade’s Growth Champions (Project-Syndicate)

KAUSHIK BASU https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/south-korea-vietnam-mexico-growth-champions-of-the-decade-by-kaushik-basu-2021-02

(USA) Biden Goes Big (Project-Syndicate)

JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-right-to-launch-massive-rescue-plan-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2021-02

(USA) The Crisis of American Power (Project-Syndicate)

MARK LEONARD https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/crisis-of-american-power-by-mark-leonard-2021-02

(Corporate Governance) Corporate Governance after GameStop (Project-Syndicate)

FAITH STEVELMAN, SARAH C. HAAN https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/gamestop-effect-on-corporate-governance-by-faith-stevelman-and-sarah-c-haan-2021-02

(USA) Tackling America’s Racial Disparities in Science (Project-Syndicate)

ESTHER NGUMBI Scientific advances are helping America and the world to tackle major global challenges, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. By empowering...

(Food Crisis) Prevent the Next Food Crisis Now (Project-Syndicate)

MARK LOWCOCK, AXEL VAN TROTSENBURG The number of chronically hungry people increased by an estimated 130 million last year, to more than 800 million – about...

(USA) Joe Biden’s Surprises (Project-Syndicate)

ELIZABETH DREW Notwithstanding a few head-scratchers among his cabinet and staffing picks, Joe Biden is being hailed as a paragon of conventionality after years of...

(Pandemic/Inequalities) The Problem with the COVID Convergence (Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Project-Syndicate)

One of the most surprising global trends to appear during the COVID-19 pandemic is a reduction of inequality across countries, owing to the disproportionate...

(Arctic) The Arctic on the Frontlines (Gail Whiteman, Project-Syndicate)

It is comforting to imagine the Arctic as a snowy faraway place, populated by reindeer and polar bears. In fact, it is a cornerstone...

(Antibiotic Resistance) The Silent Pandemic of Antibiotic Resistance (Patricia Geli, Otto Cars, Project-Syndicate)

Antibiotic resistance has been a slow-growing scourge, fueled in part by relatively weak political support for implementing national action plans and surveillance systems. Because...

(Doomsday Clock) COVID-19 and the Doomsday Clock (Gro Harlem Brundtland, Project-Syndicate)

In 2021, the Doomsday Clock will remain at just 100 seconds to midnight, indicating an alarmingly high level of existential risk to humanity. Although...

(USA) Biden’s Grand Opening (James K. Galbraith, Project-Syndicate)

With an economic rescue plan that is both ambitious and well targeted, US President Joe Biden and his team have demonstrated a clear understanding...

(Africa/USA) An Africa Roadmap for Biden (Célestin Monga, Project-Syndicate)

For years, the US-Africa relationship has fallen short of what it could be, owing to misaligned priorities and a mix of neglect and contempt...