By Benedict Macon-Cooney and Sam DumitriuLONDON — The challenge that China’s rise poses for liberal democracies puts a premium on pushing the frontiers of science and technology.

By Mariana Mazzucato and Georgia GouldLONDON — “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody,” the American urbanist Jane Jacobs once observed, “only because, and only when, they are created by everybody”.Today, we need to apply that snippet of wisdom to post-C

By Joseph E. Stiglitz and Geoffrey HealNEW YORK — Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, argued that the pursuit of private interests, profits, will invariably promote the common good. That may be true in some situations, but obviously not always.

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By Dani Rodrik and Stefanie Stantcheva CAMBRIDGE — The advanced economies will bounce back more quickly from the COVID-19 pandemic than low-income countries.

By José Antonio Ocampo and Tommaso FaccioNEW YORK/NOTTINGHAM — The July 1 agreement by 131 countries to establish a global minimum tax rate of at least 15 per cent for multinational corporations (MNCs) and reallocate taxing rights is a step forward.

By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Juliana BartelsSIRACUSA — When G-20 finance ministers meet in Venice on July 9-10, they should adopt a plan to immunise the world against COVID-19.

By Ed Araral and Vinod ThomasSINGAPORE – Taxing the carbon content of imports, as the European Union plans to do and US President Joe Biden’s administration isconsidering, can help to dent the rising trend in global greenhouse-gas emissions.

By Sarah Hawkes and Kent BuseLONDON — “Is my lipstick protecting me against COVID-19?” ranks as one of the more intriguing e-mail queries we have received from a member of the public since we began coordinating the world’s largest tracker of sex-disaggregated data on the pandemic