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Kenneth Rogoff Says More…

09 ноября 2020 10 мин. 10080

The False Dichotomy of Autocracy and Democracy

ANN ARBOR – Unlike the old superpower contest between the United States and the Soviet Union, the incipient cold war between China and the US does not reflect a fundamental conflict of unalterably opposed ideologies. Instead, today’s Sino-American rivalry is popularly portrayed as an epic battle between autocracy and democracy

06 ноября 2020 5 мин. 5978

Jack Ma’s Wealth Drops $2.6 Billion As Ant Group Suspends IPO

The dramatic turn of events caused shares of the New York-listed Alibaba to plunge more than 8% overnight

05 ноября 2020 3 мин. 5062

Recovery and Renewal at the UN

NEW YORK – The international community urgently needs new tools, ideas, and initiatives to meet the common threats and challenges faced by the United Nations’ 193 member countries. The world body’s 75th anniversary, to be marked on United Nations Day on October 24, presents an opportunity to chart a path to the partnerships we need to meet the challenges we will face in the years and decades to come. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic – the costliest and most far-reaching crisis since World War II – the need for institutional renewal and recovery is obvious

04 ноября 2020 4 мин. 5532

Three Global Steps to a Biden Climate Initiative

NEW YORK – American voters, who represent about 4% of the world’s population, will soon elect a president whose climate policies will affect not only everyone on Earth today, but also future generations. A victory for former Vice President Joe Biden would be good for the planet – but that alone will not be enough

03 ноября 2020 5 мин. 6987

China Leads Again

NEW HAVEN – Just as China led the world in economic recovery in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008, it is playing a similar role today. Its post-COVID rebound is gathering momentum amid a developed world that remains on shaky ground. Unfortunately, this is a bitter pill for many to swallow – especially in the United States, where demonization of China has reached epic proportions

02 ноября 2020 5 мин. 5684

The Leader the WTO Needs

LONDON – With the global trading system under severe pressure, international cooperation to strengthen a rules-based order is vital. Now, perhaps more than ever, we need a World Trade Organization that supports economic recovery, defends multilateralism, rebuilds trust, and rises to the twenty-first-century challenges posed by poverty, inequality, climate change, and – more immediately – the COVID-19 pandemic