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Serbia's electorally successful student movement has reinforced an important finding in social psychology: people are less drawn by policy convictions than by a fusion of identity, recognition, and solidarity, @CEUDemInst's Filip Milačić observes. project-syndicate.org/commen…
.@realDonaldTrump's Shield of the Americas never addressed what the region really needs. Its far-right rulers’ most important task is to pull their countries out of the rut of stagnant productivity, Jeremy Adelman explains. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Companies counting on AI spending to rise forever may be in for a rude awakening. Those that fail to maintain adequate cash reserves could discover just how quickly the tide can turn, notes @Dambisamoyo. project-syndicate.org/commen…
.@paulkrugman recently concluded that, when it comes to “weaponized interdependence,” the EU is more powerful than both the US and China. But @JFrankelEcon (@Harvard) thinks this conclusion rests on a faulty approach to comparing national GDPs. project-syndicate.org/commen…
A group of middle powers displayed a willingness to govern frontier AI development at the @UN General Assembly. While such declarations rarely lead to action, @GordonLaForge and Robert C. Orr think this moment could be different. project-syndicate.org/commen…
When it comes to AI safety, @wstv_lizzi and @simonhedlin see a problem: Neither the US nor the Chinese government is currently receiving the information it needs from its respective frontier AI companies. project-syndicate.org/commen…
.@ICEL_indo’s Grita Anindarini encourages policymakers to explore the possibility of a regional endowment fund that could redirect government revenue derived from mining and fossil-fuel production toward supporting community-based transitions. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Keun Lee (@SeoulNatlUni) argues that reducing geographical inequality requires targeted investment in the large peripheral cities with the potential to become high-productivity hubs. project-syndicate.org/commen…
A competitive Europe must be a climate-resilient Europe, writes @EIB Vice President Ambroise Fayolle. The investments we make today must be ready for the climate of tomorrow. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Kenneth Rogoff explains why the country's housing crash may drag down growth without denting the economy's dynamic core. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Stephen S. Roach is heartened by the honest exchange of views at the Bund Summit and sees reason to hope for the post-Trump era. project-syndicate.org/commen…
As long as African firms can't secure sufficient trade financing, their ability to seize trade and industrial opportunities will be limited, warns @sgyemikale. That's why @Afreximbank is working to double its intra-African trade-finance portfolio. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Alternative für Deutschland’s “new deal for Europe” seeks to neuter the EU as a political force by, among other things, weakening supranational institutions. @jaemmanouilidis thinks Europeans should be prepared for such an eventuality. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Public control is not just about government ownership. What matters is the purpose such tools serve, the conditions that policymakers attach to public support, and how success is measured, @MazzucatoM and @AnnaHopeEmerson write. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Harold James thinks the bloc is facing challenges on a scale far beyond what piecemeal reform can address. project-syndicate.org/commen…
For much of the past decade, Brazil's far right dominated the country's social media, exploiting its appetite for outrage and confrontation. That changed in just three weeks, observe Robert Muggah and @IlonaSzaboC. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Filip Milačić identifies the factors behind a new grassroots movement's surprising electoral success. project-syndicate.org/commen…
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Public control is the capacity of the state to steer economic activity toward strategic objectives through the public-purpose orientation of its policy tools. Ownership is one tool among many.
With @AnnaHopeEmerson in @ProSyn, four things progressive governments need to do differently.
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Beware of the large language model. It ultimately throws obstacles in the way of our continued growth in understanding. @zenahitz explains why. bit.ly/3T8m006
Anonymity makes democratic participation possible. When those in power claim that protection for themselves while denying it to others, democracy starts to buckle, write @UVALaw’s @daniellecitron and @UCILaw’s @ariezrawaldman in Deep Dive: Privacy. bit.ly/4spAG8l
