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    Collective Intelligence and the Common Good

    Mariana Mazzucato worries that a new buzzword is perpetuating a costly myth about how innovation and value creation work.
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    America’s Deficit Attention Disorder

    Maurice Obstfeld thinks the accumulation of public debt is a far more urgent problem than the trade balance.
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    China Must Rein in Local Governments

    Huang Yiping warns that these entities are now the greatest source of market distortion and financial risk in the country.
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    High Labor Turnover Fuels Inequality in Latin America

    Renata Narita urges policymakers to encourage employee retention by facilitating investments in human capital.
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    To Preserve Democracy, Tax the Rich

    Kaushik Basu argues that rising economic inequality has become is the handmaiden of authoritarian forces worldwide.
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    What International Tax Negotiations Should Achieve

    José Antonio Ocampo is cautiously optimistic about ongoing efforts to boost revenues from multinationals and the ultra-wealthy.
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    The Limits of Central-Bank Independence

    Stefan Gerlach reminds monetary policymakers that they are ultimately reliant on political consensus, not law.
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    A Neglected Solution to the Development-Finance Gap

    Mahmoud Mohieldin & Claire Melamed show how investments in data systems can bring in more capital and help each dollar go further.
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    How China Views the US Presidential Election

    Ian Bremmer

    Though Chinese leaders are watching the US presidential election closely, they have already convinced themselves that the next American administration will be antagonistic. Will they respond with relative quiescence or pursue a more aggressive strategy?

    considers Chinese leaders' options as they prepare for a new administration in 2025.
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    AI Complacency Is Compromising Western Defense

    Charles Ferguson thinks America and its allies are woefully unprepared for a future of autonomous weapons and warfare.
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    Collective Intelligence and the Common Good

    Mariana Mazzucato worries that a new buzzword is perpetuating a costly myth about how innovation and value creation work.
  4. obstfeld5_ Justin SullivanGetty Images_trade Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    America’s Deficit Attention Disorder

    Maurice Obstfeld thinks the accumulation of public debt is a far more urgent problem than the trade balance.
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    The AI Safety Debate Is All Wrong

    Daron Acemoglu

    Today's anxiety about the risks posed by artificial intelligence reflects a tendency to anthropomorphize AI and causes us to focus on the wrong issues. Since any technology can be used for good or bad, what ultimately matters is who controls it, what their objectives are, and what kind of regulations they are subjected to.

    thinks the inordinate attention on sci-fi doomsday scenarios is distracting from more immediate risks.
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    Transforming Health Care in Southeast Asia

    Nurul Izzah Anwar urges regional cooperation and greater local capacity to combat infectious and non-communicable diseases.
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    The Rule of Law Is Coming for Putin

    Gordon Brown proposes a way to overcome the last hurdle to forming a special tribunal on crimes of aggression in Ukraine.
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    How to Create More Good Jobs

    Simon Johnson touts the 2022 US CHIPS and Science Act, which will nurture geographically dispersed innovation hubs.
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    Harris Takes Control

    US Vice President Kamala Harris’s rise as the presumptive Democratic nominee has breathed new life into November’s presidential election. But Donald Trump remains a formidable opponent, and defeating him will require Harris to strike the right balance between supporting President Joe Biden and distinguishing herself from him with a compelling vision for America’s future.

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