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    Britain's “Change Election” Changes Nothing

    Anatole Kaletsky explains why the biggest electoral upheaval in UK history will have limited economic and political effects.
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    Would the French Far Right Moderate Once in Power?

    Nouriel Roubini holds out hope that markets and European institutions might constrain a National Rally government.
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    There’s No Debating Who Would Be Better for the US Economy

    Joseph E. Stiglitz shows that Donald Trump's proposed policies would mean higher inflation, slower growth, and greater inequality.
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    The Right Industrial Policy Is Knowledge Policy

    Tano Santos & Luigi Zingales outline a strategy for fostering the diffusion of innovation in a fragmented geopolitical environment.
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    The Global Benefits of Reining in Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s Power

    Karina Montoya & Daniel A. Hanley argue that the US antitrust lawsuit holds lessons for other jurisdictions in which the company operates.
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    The Trussing Hour

    Harold James worries that major elections this year could bring more fiscal irresponsibility and financial instability.
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    Policy Lessons From Recent Economic Crises

    Michael J. Boskin sees plenty of reasons to worry about how US policymakers will respond when the next one erupts.
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    The Bank of Japan’s Go-Slow Policy Normalization

    Takatoshi Ito predicts that the monetary authority will start scaling back government-bond purchases before its next rate hike.
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    Biden or Plan B?

    Ian Bremmer explains the nature and stakes of the perfect political storm now consuming the Democratic Party.
  2. kaletsky78_Christopher FurlongGetty Images_keir Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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    Britain's “Change Election” Changes Nothing

    Anatole Kaletsky explains why the biggest electoral upheaval in UK history will have limited economic and political effects.
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    The Supreme Court Is Shaking America’s Fiscal Foundations

    Aziz Huq sounds the alarm about a dangerous trend in US constitutional law that is showing no signs of abating.
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    Would the French Far Right Moderate Once in Power?

    Nouriel Roubini holds out hope that markets and European institutions might constrain a National Rally government.
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    The Global Implications of Iran’s Election

    Ana Palacio considers what a victory for the reformist candidate might mean for regional and international stability.
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    No Class War From Britain’s Most Working-Class Government

    Aaron Reeves & Sam Friedman

    Labour leader Keir Starmer’s incoming cabinet has more people of working-class origin than any British cabinet that came before it, and this remarkable feature will surely bear on policymaking. However, various countervailing forces will moderate any latent impulse to veer sharply to the left.

     explain how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Labour’s cabinet members will, and will not, bear on policymaking.
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    The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?

    Carla Norrlöf

    If Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the world’s other large oil producers were to shift away from settling their oil trade in dollars, the implications for other commodity markets, global trade patterns, and financial stability would be enormous. But how plausible is this scenario in the foreseeable future?

     considers whether Saudi Arabia would ever move away from invoicing its oil trade in US dollars.
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    Democracy, What Democracy?

    Ian Buruma warns that Donald Trump’s supporters have a different understanding of government by the people.
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    Britain’s Now-or-Never Moment

    Kaushik Basu explains why increased public infrastructure investment is needed to improve the country’s economic prospects.

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