PS - The World's Opinion Page - Project Syndicate
PS Commentators. Although Americans – and the world – have been spared the kind of agonizing uncertainty that followed the 2020 election, a different kind of uncertainty has set in. While few doubt that Donald Trump's comeback will have far-reaching implications, most observers are only beginning to come to grips with what those could be.
Why Many Workers Now Vote Republican - Project Syndicate
Oct 29, 2024 · Why Many Workers Now Vote Republican. Although Republicans always pushed neoliberal policies harder than Democrats ever did, the Democrats eventually embraced the same worldview, and that shift has now come back to bite them. The problem lies not so much in economics as in a specific set of faulty assumptions about workers and labor markets.
Who Needs a New Economic Paradigm? - project-syndicate.org
Oct 10, 2024 Andrés Velasco. Most economists are allergic to grandiose calls for new agendas and paradigms. But useful paradigms are about principles, and a set of principles, organized around a paradigm, helps policymakers look for answers that are best for their countries, given their unique history. LONDON – Demand for new economic ...
Slavoj Žižek - Project Syndicate
The Emancipatory Meaning of the Paris Olympics’ Opening Ceremony. Aug 6, 2024 Slavoj Žižek interprets the controversial spectacle as a masterful use of irony to depict what modern Europe stands for. Slavoj Žižek, Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School, is International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities ...
Nothing New on the Middle Eastern Front - project-syndicate.org
Oct 7, 2024 · LJUBLJANA – A twist on the title of Erich Maria Remarque’s famous 1929 novel about everyday life in the trenches of World War I seems fitting for the first anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel. While the media covers each new and surprising development – the killing of Hamas’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, and Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah; Israel’s invasion of ...
Will 2024 Be the New 1933? by Mark Jones - Project Syndicate
Jan 29, 2024 Mark Jones. Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 remains all too relevant today. Much of the world will vote in pivotal elections this year, and even though the warning signs are there, too few commentators, politicians, and business leaders openly acknowledge that liberal democracy itself is on the ballot.
What Caused the Ukraine War? by Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Oct 4, 2022 · CAMBRIDGE – Russia’s war in Ukraine is the most disruptive conflict that Europe has seen since 1945. While many in the West see a war of choice by Russian President Vladimir Putin, he says that NATO’s 2008 decision in favor of eventual Ukrainian membership brought an existential threat to Russia’s borders, and still others trace the conflict back to the Cold War’s end and the failure ...
European Colonialism in Africa Is Alive - Project Syndicate
Jul 30, 2021 · PROVIDENCE/LONDON – Last year, as the Black Lives Matter movement was intensifying across the United States following Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd, Europe was facing its own battles over racial justice.
Why All Countries Should Contribute to Ending Global Poverty
Aug 26, 2020 Andy Sumner. In 1969, richer countries agreed to commit 0.7% of their gross national income to international development aid. The world has changed since then, and a new era calls for a fresh approach to poverty eradication, involving a scaled financial commitment from all countries. LONDON – Trillions of dollars have already ...
Trump’s Tariffs Are an Opportunity for Harris
Oct 7, 2024 · Trump’s Tariffs Are an Opportunity for Harris. Rather than cynically embracing the new consensus against free trade, the Democrats should be promoting a more honest debate about the issue and tailoring their own policy proposals accordingly. To allow tariffs to become the new normal would be to invite economic – and potentially geopolitical ...