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May 12, 2022
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Op-Ed
May 14, 2022
The fact that the business game takes place in Germany is said to be due to the fact that our neighbor currently holds the presidency of the G7 states. Germany also stands out for its special efforts to abolish the national sovereignty of states. As Amanda Glassman, Vice Chair of the Center for Glob...
Op-Ed
April 13, 2022
They are the world’s forgotten poor, invisible to the financial markets, barely noticed because, understandably, the focus is on Ukraine, but nearly 800 million of the world’s poorest people are about to be trapped by an onrushing food crisis caused by soaring prices, fuelled by shortages and exacer...
Op-Ed
March 25, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has continued to evolve and mutate along with its underlying virus, frustrating efforts to project its course. Yet one early prediction has come true. Even as highly effective vaccines and therapeutics have come to market in record time, they have been extremely slow to reach t...
Op-Ed
March 17, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to cause more disruption to the global food system by dramatically increasing the cost of staple foods and the energy required to transport them. The Black Sea region is responsible for the export of at least 12 percent of global food calories, so cutting off a...
Op-Ed
January 28, 2022
Consider the situation. Faced with growing fiscal stress, the government of an energy exporting country decides to cut generous subsidies, doubling the fuel price overnight.
Protestors are out on the streets, clashing violently with security forces called in to maintain law and order. They vent t...
Op-Ed
January 26, 2022
The exclusion of Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act is intended to stop human-rights abuses in Tigray, but there is little evidence that such measures affect the behavior of political elites. Instead, they limit options for low-skilled workers and damage bilateral relationships.