Edition #47: October 24, 2024
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Katharina Pistor worries that we have already ceded control to self-interested private corporations and their shareholders.
James Livingston asks why so many observers now believe that institutions central to modern economies are running a con game.
Maurice Obstfeld shows why targeting an overall reduction in imports would reduce America's real wages and national income.
How to Think about Progress: A Skeptic's Guide to Technology by?Nicholas Agar, Stuart Whatley, and Dan Weijers.
In an era of seemingly rapid and profound technological change, the authors offer principles for seeing through much of the hype that circulates online and in best-selling books.
Eswar Prasad looks beyond promising headline trends to identify deep-seated risks and barriers to growth.
Patrick Bolton and Haizhou Huang consider what it will take for the government to break the cycle of declining spending and falling prices.
Ngaire Woods advocates using domestic labor legislation that supports unionization – not tariffs – to protect workers.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Makhtar Diop show how a lack of supply-chain finance keeps many businesses and economies on the sidelines.
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Ambroise Fayolle points out that biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage jeopardize all other global development goals.
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