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.@UNEP estimates that developing countries will need $310–365 billion a year for climate adaptation through 2035. But that figure leaves out critical costs, particularly the growing need for care, note @BrookingsInst’s @CarenGrown and @ktrelegan3. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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By making little effort on the big issues, @realDonaldTrump was painfully transparent about what mattered most to him in his summit with Xi Jinping: impressing the Chinese president, Stephen S. Roach (@SSRoachUSChina) writes. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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The greatest danger facing economics is not ideology masquerading as science, writes @cacrisalves. It is the belief that science can progress by focusing only on observable facts, while failing to examine the structures that shape them. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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.@DAcemogluMIT’s new book argues that deindustrialization unraveled the coalition that once sustained liberal democracy. As workers lost leverage, liberalism became increasingly identified with elites and professionals, notes @LSEnews’s Gene Frieda. bit.ly/4rEfX0o
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Marine spatial planning and conservation finance in Seychelles demonstrates that protecting the ocean can be fully integrated into national development, notes Marie-May Jeremie. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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The recent extension of the Sino-American truce may not last if China—and its de facto allies, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—feels emboldened by the US’s geostrategic missteps, @Nouriel warns. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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At our latest event, Shamala Kandiah Thompson (@SCRtweets) pointed out that even the UN’s critics have an interest in finding ways to sustain and strengthen the institution. #PSEvents #UNGA bit.ly/4z1DECf
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Whereas America offers both state-level opportunities for experimentation and national markets for scaling up successful businesses, Europe does the opposite. It is the worst of both worlds, @carlbfrey observes. bit.ly/46ShgiG
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Because neither the European Union nor Canada can disentangle itself from the American economy, both need the capacity to act when a US president becomes coercive, notes @alemannoEU. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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.@realDonaldTrump gave North American Blue Energy Partners a 100-year concession to develop 17 Venezuelan fields. The deal leaves the US with a vested interest in keeping Venezuela’s current political order intact, argues @cristyramirezp. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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The @OECD should redirect its resources toward supply chains and economic security, with a focus on comparable cross-country data and the measurement of subsidies and dependencies, @YaredPierre and Kim Ruhl write. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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Steven Hill and John Menke offer a better blueprint for a sovereign wealth fund than those put forward by @sama, @BernieSanders, and others. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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Although @Microsoft CEO @satyanadella has correctly diagnosed a major problem in the AI economy, his proposed solution is far from the best option, @carlbfrey explains. bit.ly/4xuVGLX
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In nine of the 11 middle-power countries included in this year’s @MunSecConf survey, fewer than half of respondents expected their governments to do more to address climate change and humanitarian emergencies, says @SophEisentraut. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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Vladimir Putin seeks to destroy an entire country by severing its ties with the outside world. Ukrainians know what awaits them if he succeeds. Are the rest of us aware of what we are enabling by failing to act? Anna Husarska asks. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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AI could make the global economy even more unequal, further rewarding capital while leaving workers behind. Its social and economic consequences demand as much attention as its technical risks, argues @gabramosp. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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With the focus on fast growth and a few narrow, quantitative metrics, @OpenAI and @AnthropicAI are exhibiting the same preoccupations that sent social media in a deeply harmful direction, @DAcemogluMIT warns. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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Governments can put off fixing their finances for years. The trouble starts when bond investors decide they have waited long enough, cautions @Harvard’s @krogoff. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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This month’s tense summit between @realDonaldTrump and Chinese President Xi Jinping comes at a time when both are gambling everything on AI, marvels Harold James. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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