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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 19h

The latest @brookings.edu @financialtimes.com's Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery shows an economic landscape that seems benign in some ways, but unsettled in others, Eswar Prasad and Caroline Smiltneks write.
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Is the Global Economy as Resilient as It Seems?

Eswar Prasad & Caroline Smiltneks share findings from a compilation of indices tracking macroeconomic conditions around the world.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21h

María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership in Venezuela’s democratic movement. In 2023, she outlined a peaceful and constitutional path toward freedom and urged international support for the country’s renewal.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 22h

Market dynamics today are reminiscent of the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, when mortgage risks were acknowledged but brushed aside as long as securitization kept delivering profits, @kalemli-ozcan.bsky.social worries.

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Financial Investors Can’t Profit From Complacency Forever

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan argues that bond-market participants and others are consciously choosing to ignore obvious policy risks.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 22h

Lea Ypi’s new book is at its strongest when it confronts the question of how to maintain one’s integrity under authoritarian rule, offering a master class in recovering truth from history, writes Michael Ignatieff.
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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, read @deschuttero.bsky.social and @profkepickett.bsky.social’s commentary examining the link between income inequality and mental-health outcomes.
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Inequality Is Destroying Mental Health

Olivier De Schutter & Kate Pickett propose raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to improve well-being in unequal countries.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

It is hard to imagine a more cost-effective solution to foreign-aid cuts than the IMF selling a small share of its gold at no risk to its financial health and at no cost to its donors, write @timhirschelburns.bsky.social and @marinazucker.bsky.social.
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The Case for IMF Gold Sales

Tim Hirschel-Burns & Marina Zucker-Marques argue that selling a small share of the Fund’s vast holdings would offset this year’s foreign-aid cuts.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

French President Emmanuel Macron has a good international image. But he now appears ill-equipped to understand the rules and reality of current French politics, writes Zaki Laidi.
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Macron’s Tragedy

Zaki Laïdi blames the political crisis on several factors, including an imperious president and feckless political parties.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

Although the Taliban’s recent internet blackout was abruptly lifted after 48 hours, the expansion of its assault on girls’ education into the online realm is a worrying development, argues Gordon Brown.
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Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Education Goes Online

Gordon Brown worries that the Taliban’s recent internet shutdown portends further escalation of its gender repression.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

When Chinese President Xi Jinping stood up to Donald Trump, Trump caved. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social wonders when the European Union's leaders will realize that they should do the same.
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The EU Must Stand Up to Trump

Joseph E. Stiglitz sees no good reason for an economic powerhouse to capitulate to a capricious would-be tyrant.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

Rather than bulldozing local communities in the courts, they should be compensated for the nuisance a new wind farm represents, such as by providing them with discounted energy, writes Daniel Gros.
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Windmill Wars

Daniel Gros thinks the best way to overcome opposition from local communities is to offer them financial compensation.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

Widely praised for their reliability, value-added taxes have deepened developing economies' reliance on exports of raw materials. It is time to break this cycle of dependence, argue Rabah Arezki, Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, and Rick van der Ploeg.
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Rethinking Value-Added Taxes for Developing Economies

Rabah Arezki, Grégoire Rota-Graziosi and Rick van der Ploeg call for a reassessment of a framework that has failed to drive inclusive growth in resource-rich countries.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

What will COP30’s legacy be?

In our #ClimateWeekNYC Studio Session with @iswe-foundation.bsky.social & the Global Citizens’ Assembly, @sddecleve.bsky.social and Arunabha Ghosh said COP30 must create a lasting pathway to embed citizens in climate governance.

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The Green Development Agenda - Project Syndicate

09/22/2025 3:30 PM EDT New York City & Online 12 Speakers

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

If distributed equitably, the revenue from the International Maritime Organization’s emissions pricing mechanism could help Africa unlock its vast renewable-energy potential, argues Chukwumerije Okereke.
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Green Shipping Could Mean a Green Africa

Chukwumerije Okereke thinks the IMO’s new emissions-pricing mechanism could catalyze the continent’s clean industrialization.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

@petersinger.info and Sankalpa Ghose welcome recent bipartisan moves by US authorities to phase out animal testing – a cruel, costly, and ineffective practice that has survived as a result of bureaucratic inertia.
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A Paradigm Shift on Animal Testing

Peter Singer & Sankalpa Ghose welcome recent bipartisan moves by US authorities to phase out a cruel, costly, and ineffective practice.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

Following the meeting of top US military brass in Quantico, Virginia, convened by Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Ana Palacio thinks the need for Europe to improve cohesion and expand its defense capabilities has become existential.
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America’s “Warrior” Ethos Won't Protect Europe

Ana Palacio thinks the continent's need to improve and expand its defense capabilities has become existential.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

Governments must address Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s health-care system. Failure to do so would create a dangerous precedent for future conflicts, warns Tushara Surapaneni.
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The World Must Not Ignore Israel’s Attacks on Gaza’s Hospitals

Tushara Surapaneni calls on global leaders to uphold international humanitarian law, which protects access to health care.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

Progress on sustainable development may have stalled, but the latest PS Quarterly asks a better question: What Works? Read insights from Paul Collier, Homi Kharas, Hannah Wanjie Ryder, and more.
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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 3d

“Negotiations are inter-governmental, but implementation is societal. You must bring in the voices of those getting things done.” – Arunabha Ghosh.
Hear more in our #ClimateWeekNYC Studio Session with @iswe-foundation.bsky.social & the Global Citizens’ Assembly.
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The Green Development Agenda - Project Syndicate

09/22/2025 3:30 PM EDT New York City & Online 12 Speakers

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 3d

If Donald Trump were to succeed in silencing the people who laugh at him in public, Americans will find their freedom of expression severely curtailed, warns Ian Buruma.
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Forbidden Jokes

Ian Buruma explains why US President Donald Trump views comedians who mock him as a threat that must be neutralized.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 3d

If Vladimir Putin cares about territorial gains above all else, the question becomes how to freeze the frontline in Ukraine. Sergei Guriev thinks the answer is to press as hard as possible on the Kremlin’s pain points.
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Putin’s Polycrisis

Sergei Guriev paints a grim picture of Russia's war economy and identifies its most revealing indicators.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 3d

Russia’s electoral interference in Western democracies is well documented. But it is a mistake to exaggerate the impact – or to assume that wielding the “Russia card” can discredit populists, argues Maciej Kisilowski.
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Blaming Russia Won’t Stop the Populist Right

Maciej Kisilowski advises democrats in Europe and elsewhere to acknowledge voter sentiment and strategize accordingly.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 3d

That Hamas, the orchestrator of one of the most atrocious terror attacks in recent memory, has become an emblem of heroic resistance reflects a grotesque and fundamental failure by the Israeli government, notes Shlomo Ben-Ami.
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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4d

In many ways, the presidential-immunity decision that Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in 2024 is serving the same function as Hitler’s infamous “Enabling Act,” providing impunity for serial illegalities, writes Michael Burleigh.
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Trump’s Total Lawfare

Michael Burleigh catalogs the second Trump presidency's rapid descent into state lawlessness.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4d

Today is #WorldHabitatDay. Last year, Hailemariam Desalegn explained that habitat destruction is not only an environmental issue; it also threatens the economy, public health, national security, and global stability.
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The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis

Hailemariam Desalegn urges governments to recognize that the degradation of ecosystems poses a major threat to global stability.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4d

Nobel laureate Simon Johnson and former SEC policy director Corey Klemmer take aim at a proposal by US regulators that would loosen systemically important banks' equity requirements.
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The Federal Reserve’s Other Problem

Simon Johnson & Corey Klemmer take aim at a proposal by US regulators to loosen systemically important banks' equity requirements.

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