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Project Syndicate retweeted
Complex economic times bring real opportunities for strategic clarity and reform.
My latest for @ProSyn outlines key paths to global resilience:
- Harnessing AI productivity safely
- Smart fiscal policies for debt & inflation
- Capital allocation in shifting markets
- Reinvesting in infrastructure & education
Read: project-syndicate.org/commen…
Technology companies will tell you that the future they want is inevitable. That is a lie, writes Carissa Véliz. Read her commentary—and contributions from Margrethe Vestager, Audrey Tang, Carl Benedikt Frey, and others—in the new issue of our magazine, PS Quarterly: Slopocalypse Now. bit.ly/472MXWl
To secure its future, Africa must build a stronger, more integrated continental market, writes @sgyemikale (@Afreximbank)—and that begins with the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Keun Lee argues that reducing geographical inequality requires targeted investment in large peripheral cities. project-syndicate.org/commen…
African governments often buy surveillance systems without public disclosure of how much they cost, what they can do, who can access them, and what data is collected or who can use it, @cipesaug’s Wairagala Wakabi writes. bit.ly/4sl8OT4
“As economists who have long studied Brazil, we can be unequivocal: under @FlavioBolsonaro, unemployment will be higher, growth will slow, poverty will increase, and the middle class will be worse off,” argue @lauraabcarvalho and @JosephEStiglitz. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Europe has yet to leverage its strengths in a way that would unlock its full potential. What can policymakers do to change that? Visit Project Syndicate’s European Competitiveness topic page for expert analysis on how the continent can secure its economic future. bit.ly/4jwbo6e
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…
Project Syndicate retweeted
Africa’s resilience depends on stronger regional markets and greater capacity to produce locally.
Writing in @prosyn, Dr. Yemi Kale @sgyemikale, Group Chief Economist and Managing Director of Afreximbank Research @AfreximResearch and Trade Intelligence @AfreximTrin at Afreximbank, argues for faster AfCFTA implementation, investment in manufacturing and improved access to finance to reduce Africa’s exposure to global shocks.
Read “Building the Economy Africa Needs”: bit.ly/4z3aTFz
#Afreximbank #ProjectSyndicate #AfCFTA #Industrialisation
Instead of reducing soaring inequality in France’s education system, Parcoursup’s student-placement algorithm exacerbates it, further failing young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, @gabramosp observes. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Although the old adage about “garbage in, garbage out” applies more than ever in an “agentic economy,” this framing could be dangerously simplistic, Shuwei Fang warns. bit.ly/4Bl69wz
France's student protesters have yet to articulate clear demands, while adults focus on the cost of living and the press focuses on the violence. The unrest's deeper significance may take years to become clear, explains @sciencespo’s @_jonlevy. project-syndicate.org/commen…
It is possible for an economy to reinvent itself, noted @BJavorcik (@EBRD) at our recent event in Paris. Nobody knows this better than Eastern Europe. #PSEvents
Watch the full session at the link: bit.ly/3WzIc4D
While next year's midterms may well end Morena’s qualified majority in Mexico's lower house, a rightward swing fueled by regional forces appears unlikely, says Guillermo Ortiz (@GroupofThirty). Instead, Mexico could become a target of @realDonaldTrump. 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…
Even if every central bank started tightening its monetary policy in 2022, stabilization takes longer in a protectionist world with frequent supply shocks, writes @skalemliozcan. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Argentina used to have world-class laboratories backed by its national science agency; but following @JMilei's cuts, over 10% of scientists and technicians have left for the private sector, notes Jeremy Adelman. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Those seeking to weaken the EU’s supranational foundations are already preparing their radical schemes. Pro-European forces cannot afford to be less imaginative, determined, or prepared, @jaemmanouilidis argues. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Who counts as a "middle power"? @carlbildt suggests that it is any country that must rely primarily on soft power to advance its interests. project-syndicate.org/commen…
The role of Navi Pillay, this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, in finding that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide is a reflection of her life’s work supporting the downtrodden, @UPTuks’s Adekeye Adebajo argues. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Ambroise Fayolle touts the cost savings and economic opportunities implied by a new approach to infrastructure investment. project-syndicate.org/commen…