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    WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    The World Trade Organization’s most recent ministerial conference concluded with a few positive outcomes demonstrating that meaningful change is possible, though there were some disappointments. A successful agenda of reforms will require more members – particularly emerging markets and developing economies – to take the lead.

    writes that meaningful change will come only when members other than the US help steer the organization.
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    America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation

    Dante Alighieri Disparte

    To maintain its position as a global rule-maker and avoid becoming a rule-taker, the United States must use the coming year to promote clarity and confidence in the digital-asset market. The US faces three potential paths to maintaining its competitive edge in crypto: regulation, legislation, and designation.

    urges policymakers to take decisive action and set new rules for the industry in 2024.
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    Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future

    Rabah Arezki considers what Bassirou Diomaye Faye's presidency could mean for one of Africa's most closely watched democracies.
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    Rached Ghannouchi’s Plight Deserves More Attention

    Abdullah Gül decries the prosecution and imprisonment of Tunisia's widely respected avatar of Islamic democracy.
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    What Can Stop the Shortening of American Lives?

    Michael R. Bloomberg shows how a loss of public trust in public-health professionals is undercutting US life expectancy.
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    Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality

    Jane Kabubo-Mariara outlines steps policymakers can take to redistribute unpaid domestic work among households and communities.
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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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    “Women’s Economics” Goes Mainstream

    Antara Haldar shows how Nobel laureate economist Claudia Goldin's work has recentered the discipline.
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    The Indian Giant Has Arrived

    Mohamed A. El-Erian & Michael Spence consider the risks and challenges associated with the country's rapidly expanding global footprint.
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  1. Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future
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    Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future

    Mar 28, 2024 Rabah Arezki considers what Bassirou Diomaye Faye's presidency could mean for one of Africa's most closely watched democracies.

  2. America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation
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    America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation

    Mar 28, 2024 Dante Alighieri Disparte urges policymakers to take decisive action and set new rules for the industry in 2024.

  3. Rached Ghannouchi’s Plight Deserves More Attention
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    Rached Ghannouchi’s Plight Deserves More Attention

    Mar 28, 2024 Abdullah Gül decries the prosecution and imprisonment of Tunisia's widely respected avatar of Islamic democracy.

  4. WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility
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    WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility

    Mar 28, 2024 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala writes that meaningful change will come only when members other than the US help steer the organization.

  5. What Can Stop the Shortening of American Lives?
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    What Can Stop the Shortening of American Lives?

    Mar 27, 2024 Michael R. Bloomberg shows how a loss of public trust in public-health professionals is undercutting US life expectancy.

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    The Indian Giant Has Arrived

    Mohamed A. El-Erian & Michael Spence consider the risks and challenges associated with the country's rapidly expanding global footprint.
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    Angela Huyue Zhang on Chinese innovation, regulation, AI, and more

    Angela Huyue Zhang warns that China’s lax approach to regulating artificial intelligence could lead to a crisis, highlights the impact of the market’s deep-seated mistrust of the Chinese legal system, considers how Western regulatory trends influence China, and more.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.
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    Will Today’s Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?

    Xiaolan Fu considers how lower-income economies can respond to the rise of technologies unsuited to their specific needs.
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    Nina L. Khrushcheva on Navalny, Putin, Russian elections, and more

    Nina L. Khrushcheva argues that seizing Russia’s central-bank assets would harm the West’s international reputation, highlights cracks in the Russian regime, calls warnings that Vladimir Putin plans to invade NATO irresponsible, and more.
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    Making Bretton Woods Work for Africa

    Hippolyte Fofack envisions a reformed global financial architecture that provides equal access to long-term patient capital.

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    China Doubles Down on Green Tech and the Energy Transition

    Stuart P.M. Mackintosh explains why the West should welcome the country’s decision to ramp up spending on clean-energy projects.
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    Big Tech Shocks Electric Utilities

    Todd G. Buchholz & Michael Mindlin explain why the sector is getting a boost from fast-growing companies that cannot afford to lose power.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.

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  1. Dante Alighieri Disparte America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation
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Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

  1. Jane Kabubo-Mariara Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality
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Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. Natalie Dunleavy Campbell, et al. The US Is Jeopardizing the Open Internet
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As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, PS commentators assess its implications for the economy, propose policy responses, and consider what might – and sho…

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