Understanding deterrence in cyberspace is often difficult, because our minds remain captured by an image of deterrence shaped by the Cold War
detailsMany commentators have interpreted buoyant GDP and unemployment data in the United States as vindicating President Donald Trump’s economic policies, and some suggest that his re-election chances have improved as a result...
detailsOvercrowded, dirty, and disorderly cities undermine residents’ health as much as their happiness. With urbanization occurring at an unprecedented rate
detailsEvery Indian general election beats its predecessor’s record to become the largest in world history. This time, Indian voters must decide whether they want an inclusive country that embodies hope, or a divided one that promotes fear.
detailsThe debate about how to regulate the tech sector is eerily reminiscent of the debate over financial regulation in the early 2000s
detailsThe valid insight behind "modern monetary theory" – that governments and central banks together can always create nominal demand
detailsWhen people are more able to shape their own futures, they are less likely to be convinced that others are to blame for their plight.
detailsIs Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) a potential boon to economic policymakers, or, as Harvard’s Kenneth Rogoff recently argued
detailsA decade after the 2008 financial crisis, faith in markets self-regulating abilities once again lies in tatters. There simply is no single real interest rate that would spur investors to funnel all existing savings
detailsOver the past few years, the US Federal Reserve has been ahead of other major central banks in normalizing monetary policy.
detailsThere is nothing wrong with using technology to solve problems, including those created by technology, or to give a company a competitive edge.
detailssuddenly, capitalism is visibly sick. The virus of socialism has reemerged and is infecting the young once more
detailsAlthough economists are well positioned to imagine new institutional arrangements, their habit of thinking at the margin and sticking close to the evidence at hand encourages an aversion to radical change...
detailsMany people cannot grasp how anyone could possibly support a coarse, narcissistic fantasist like US President Donald Trump...
detailsn our efficiency-obsessed society, new technologies are deployed with the single-minded objective of boosting productivity and eliminating the need for human labor
detailsOur diets are becoming less healthy, and global food production is increasingly unsustainable. A new report suggests that the planet can sustainably provide a healthy diet for ten billion people in the future...
detailsAt the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, participants made the same mistake they always do
detailsOver the course of this year and next, the biggest economic risks will emerge in those areas where investors think recent patterns are unlikely to change
detailsTime magazine did not choose Donald Trump as its Person of the Year in 2018, but it may do so this year
detailst has been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and despite significant progress toward improving life expectancy and boosting incomes around the world
detailsTechnologies powered by artificial intelligence are being applied to some of the world’s most challenging human-development issues
detailsThis Human Rights Day (December 10) marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations General Assemblys adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
detailsNow that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have plummeted from last years absurdly high valuations, the techno-utopian mystique of so-called distributed-ledger technologies should be next.
detailsTurkey is trying to rewrite the chapter on crisis management in the emerging-market playbook...
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