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If fiscal or monetary measures temporarily calm the markets, US President Donald Trump might see this as a green light to double down on aggressive trade measures and institutional disruption, warns Qiyuan Xu. bit.ly/4cXWd0l

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Paradoxically, Trump’s attempts to weaken America’s allies have energized them politically. I call it the Trump’s Boomerang Effect Think of Canada, the EU but also Mexico and Australia My latest for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

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The US represents only 15% of global trade. If the rest of the world unites against it with tariffs on US exports, whatever leverage that Donald Trump has will vanish, Paul De Grauwe explains. bit.ly/4lXDDti

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has pursued the exact opposite strategy as Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and it has worked extraordinarily well for her so far, Mattia Ferraresi observes. bit.ly/4iIgzMi

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Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies have damaged the popularity of far-right politicians across Europe. Even previously staunch Euroskeptics now speak in pan-European terms, observes @hecparis.bsky.social’s @alemanno.bsky.social.

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Even though it paid tribute to liberal thinkers, neoliberalism shared neither their method nor their concept of the market. Today, we are on the cusp of another, equally profound, ideological innovation, writes @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social.

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"Without significant upgrades, Europe’s climate ambitions will remain far out of reach." Meeting the EU’s ambitious clean-energy goals requires modernizing an electricity grid that holds the dubious honor of being the oldest in the world, Noa's Emily Nixon explains.

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Julia Cagé, Professor of Economics at @sciencespo.bsky.social, is the newest addition to our Forward Thinkers list. As a Research Fellow at @cepr.org and @cesifo.org, Cagé received the Best Young French Economist Award in 2023.

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Europe must develop its own alternative to American AI models. If this sounds like a quixotic endeavor, consider the creation of Airbus, the European answer to Boeing, writes @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social.

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As the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank steer these institutions into the future, they must strike a delicate balance between confronting and conceding to the White House, argues Ngaire Woods.

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In a world torn by war, Pope Francis reminded us that cooperative use of resources constitutes “the ‘weapons’ of peace: weapons that build the future, instead of sowing seeds of death,” note Harold and Montagu James.

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🌍 Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria and Member of @clubdemadrid.bsky.social, calls for urgent reform of the global financial system and large-scale debt relief for Africa. 📖 Read his article on @projectsyndicate.bsky.social:

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We’re proud to spotlight Hanan Morsy, Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist at the UN Economic Commission for Africa, as the newest addition to our Forward Thinkers list.

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Efforts to conserve at least 30% of the world’s land and seas by 2030, a target adopted at @unbiodiversity.bsky.social’s 2022 summit, have fallen short, and will require increased investment, argues @hacfornandp.bsky.social’s @ritazag.bsky.social.

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Yielding to Donald Trump’s demands would only deepen Europe’s dependence on Big Tech and threaten export-driven economies like Germany, says @diw.de’s @mfratzscher.bsky.social.

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@mehrsab.bsky.social, Professor of Law at @ucirvine.bsky.social, is the newest addition to our Forward Thinkers list. A leading expert on financial law and inequality, she has shaped key policy discussions on banking access and the racial wealth gap. See the full list: bit.ly/42hWWWt #PS30

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What does 2025 have in store for the dollar? Two new @yalepress.bsky.social books tracing its postwar rise may offer some clues, writes @piie.com’s Maurice Obstfeld. bit.ly/44NseG6

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Faced with so much uncertainty from trade wars, real wars, and many other factors, there are three ways to think about market hedging, Dambisa Moyo explains.

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There is an even more insidious ingredient in the current stagflation cocktail – the politicization of central banking. Here, as well, Donald Trump appears to be leading the way, writes @ssruschina.bsky.social.

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Nurul Izzah Anwar, Vice President of Malaysia’s ruling People’s Justice, is the newest addition to our Forward Thinkers list. A social policy activist and former three-term legislator, she played a key role in founding Malaysia’s leading multiethnic political party in 1999.

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In the likely event that Donald Trump refuses to reverse his disastrous trade policies, other countries should form a new trade alliance to help restore global economic stability, argues Anne O. Krueger.

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The role of charitable giving will become even more important in the coming years, as major economies cut their foreign-aid budgets, inflicting profound damage on vulnerable people, notes Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe.

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Global South countries can and should forge a responsible path forward for solar geoengineering, while also ensuring that it does not derail effective climate action, argue Saliem Fakir and @sktalati.bsky.social.

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Beyond provoking an economic crisis, Donald Trump wildly destructive policies are also causing crisis of confidence in the United States itself. @plegrain.bsky.social sees a big opportunity for the euro.

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My latest piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

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Jeffrey Frankel puts the odds of a US recession as high as 60% for the coming year, and even higher for the next four. "I would put the odds of a US recession as high as 60% for the coming year – in line with prediction markets – and even higher for the next four years."

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Trump's tariffs won't bring back manufacturing jobs. @michaelrstrain.bsky.social doesn’t see the need to drive up manufacturing employment in America. But even if he did, there are five reasons why Donald Trump’s trade war will not succeed in reviving factory jobs.

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US President Donald Trump's administration isn’t debating policy; it’s trampling the rule of law. Nowhere is this more true than in the area of taxation, writes @josephestiglitz.bsky.social.

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@leaypi.bsky.social, Professor of Political Theory at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at The Australian National University, is the next addition to our Forward Thinkers list. Explore our full Forward Thinkers list: bit.ly/42hWWWt

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Will Trump’s Tariffs Transform the Global Economy? In a new PS Big Picture, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Mark Blyth, Richard K. Sherwin, Nancy Qian, and others consider the drivers behind Trump’s tariffs – and where they might lead. bit.ly/4cErBAJ

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There can no longer be any doubt that Vladimir Putin has been playing Donald Trump and his inexperienced lead negotiator like a fiddle, @cbildt.bsky.social observes. bit.ly/42DlSqa

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Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are the product of bad accounting and the misconception that large trade deficits are a sign of economic decline and foreign exploitation, writes Ricardo Hausmann. bit.ly/3RT7Hsa

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We’re proud to add @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, Chair in Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University and visiting professor at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, to our inaugural Forward Thinkers list.

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While some argue that developed-country governments should abandon foreign aid or use it solely to advance narrow national interests, the most compelling argument for helping others is that it is mutually beneficial, writes Minouche Shafik. bit.ly/4lQSypc

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Next on our Forward Thinkers list is Kate Kallot, Founder and CEO of Amini and One Young World’s Entrepreneur of the Year.

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Thrilled to appear in the @projectsyndicate.bsky.social inaugural Forward Thinkers list, which spotlights voices shaping the future of global discourse!

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We are proud to feature @alemanno.bsky.social, professor at HEC Paris and a leading voice on democratizing the European Union, as one of the inaugural members of our Forward Thinkers list, which spotlights intellectuals shaping the future of global discourse.

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Thank you @projectsyndicate.bsky.social for the honor!

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Happy to be on this @projectsyndicate.bsky.social list with some wisely offline friends, Lea Ypi, Mehrsa Baradaran and Jon Levy - as well as the rather online @graceblakeley.substack.com :) forwardthinkers1.project-syndicate.org

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@projectsyndicate.bsky.social has made a list of 30 intellectuals whom they "believe will help shape and illuminate political debates in the years to come." I'm honored to be included in the company of many thinkers whose work I greatly admire. forwardthinkers1.project-syndicate.org

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