Project Syndicate

Brexit, Trump, and Globalization’s Have-Nots

2016-07-14

Perhaps understanding the parallels between the two campaigns will help US voters avoid taking a similar path in November

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Defusing Migration

2016-07-09

The “Brexit” vote represents a triumph of fear over reason

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The Promise of Regrexit

2016-07-09

The vote for Brexit was a great shock; the morning after the vote, the disintegration of the European Union seemed practically inevitable

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How to End Hunger

2016-07-09

Poverty and hunger are intimately connected, which is why the SDGs target elimination of both

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The Roots of Middle East Mistrust

2016-07-09

Low-trust societies participate disproportionately less in international commerce, and attract less investment

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Revisiting the Iraq War

2016-07-09

A central theme of the Report is that the Iraq War did not have to happen, and certainly not when it did

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Reawakening Europe

2016-07-02

Has Brexit paved the way for the decline of one of the EU’s most dynamic economies and the end of London’s reign as a global financial center?

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Innovation and Its Discontents

2016-07-02

Innovations frequently face high barriers to implementation, with governments sometimes banning new technologies outright

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Brexit and the Future of Europe

2016-06-26

. The European migration crisis and the Brexit debate fed on each other

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When Globalization Goes Digital

2016-06-26

It is unfair to dismiss concerns about globalization as unfounded

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A British Tragedy in One Act

2016-06-25

The decision to leave the EU will dominate British national life for the next decade, if not longer

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Britain’s Democratic Failure

2016-06-25

Did the UK’s population really know what they were voting on? Absolutely not

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The Problem with Politicians as Historians

2016-06-22

Many politicians continue to spin the facts even after they have left office. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once boasted that, History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it

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Who’s Winning the Middle East’s Cold War?

2016-06-22

The conflict does not involve direct military confrontation between the main rivals, at least not yet

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Getting a Grip on Migration

2016-06-20

Some 240 million people today are living outside their country of birth – enough to form the world’s fifth most populous country

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The Gulf States’ Expat Dividend

2016-06-20

? In Saudi Arabia, foreign nationals account for roughly one-third of the population. In Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, nine out of every ten residents is an expatriate

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Innovation Is Not Enough

2016-06-13

Technological diffusion can be constrained on both the demand and supply sides of the economy

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Illiberal Democracy or Undemocratic Liberalism?

2016-06-13

The prospect of a President Donald Trump has gone from preposterous speculation to terrifying possibility

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Bringing Arab Education Online

2016-06-07

World’s top universities teach computer science and engineering classes online

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The Overselling of Financial Transaction Taxes

2016-06-07

Assuming that interest rates on the national debt eventually rise, taxes will need to go up, urgently on the wealthy but some day on the middle class

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The New Backlash Against Globalization

2016-06-07

The backlash against globalization has been with us for two decades. In the late twentieth century, it looked as if the world was moving toward convergence, with people everywhere consuming the same products

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Populists and Productivity

2016-06-05

We are entering a new golden era of innovation, which will radically increase productivity growth and improve the way we live and work

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Confronting the Global Threat to Democracy

2016-06-05

The wealth gap is already wider than at any time since the Great Depression, with the richest 1% of households now holding almost half the country’s wealth

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Leveraging Islamic Finance for Sustainable Development

2016-06-05

Islamic finance has important advantages over conventional financial products

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