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By Project Syndicate - Jun 22,2019
By George LwandaADDIS ABABA — When Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe was deposed in November 2017, after 30 years in power, many hoped that the economic decline he had overseen would soon be reversed.
By Project Syndicate - Jun 20,2019
Mekala Krishnan and Laura TysonBERKELEY — Recent trends, and the broader history of technological change, indicate that automation will usher in major shifts in labour markets over the next decade, displacing millions of workers but also creating millions of new jobs that require
By Project Syndicate - Jun 20,2019
Guy Ryder and Richard Samans GENEVA — Growth is decelerating in Europe, the United States, China, Japan and other leading economies, as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank recently highlighted by revising their global forecasts for this year substan
By Project Syndicate - Jun 15,2019
By George SorosLONDON — Last month’s elections to the European Parliament produced better results than one could have expected, and for a simple reason: The silent pro-European majority has spoken.
By Project Syndicate - Jun 15,2019
By Olga MorawczynskiTORONTO — The growth of digital platforms in Africa could offer new opportunities to bridge the current gap between often-insecure informal work and formal employment.
By Project Syndicate - Jun 14,2019
By Asha George, Amnesty Lefevre, Rajani Ved CAPE TOWN — Digital technology is revolutionising our daily lives. Mobile devices monitor our movements, marketing algorithms guide our consumption and social media shape our worldviews and politics.
By Project Syndicate - Jun 04,2019
By Daron Acemoglu and James A. RobinsonCHICAGO — In the Middle Ages, Italian city-states led the European “commercial revolution” with innovations in finance, trade and technology. Then something strange happened.
By Project Syndicate - Jun 04,2019
By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Brahima Coulibaly WASHINGTON, DC — The current backlash against globalisation, most notably from working-class citizens in advanced economies who are worried about stagnant wages and insecure jobs, highlights how the benefits of global economic int
By Project Syndicate - Jun 04,2019
By Alaa Murabit and Luca Bücken NEW YORK — In the years leading up to Syria’s civil war, the country endured three consecutive record-breaking droughts.
By Project Syndicate - May 31,2019
By Joseph E. StiglitzNEW YORK — What kind of economic system is most conducive to human well-being?

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