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President Biden has released an economic plan to combat COVID-19 and get the country back on track which, according to many analysts, is inspired by FDR’s New Deal.
In his first…
Branko Milanovic argues that the World Health Preparedness Report and Global Health Security Index fell short when confronted with the reality of countries' …
This is part of PERI's economist interview series, hosted by C.J. Polychroniou.
C.J. Polychroniou: Why did you chose to study economics?
Omar Dahi: When I was young, I…
I believe that everyone can remember the turning points in their ideological and political evolution: these are moments when the entire world of ideas and preconceptions one…
Scott Montgomery puts America's recent troubles in historical perspective and argues that there is a long road ahead with few guarantees that current trends will be reversed…
This is the text of the interview given to Sega Newspaper at the occasion of the publication of “Capitalism, Alone” in Bulgarian. The text in Bulgarian is here.
1. How do you…
Despite specialized press coverage, little is known about the potential socioeconomic implications of financial decentralization. In this column, Marion Laboure and Juergen…
Branko Milanovic dissects the cultural roots of the West's response to COVID-19 and compares them to experiences in East Asian countries.
In October 2019, Johns…
What is Trump after with his legal challenges of a “rigged and stolen” election? Can he really hope for a legislative coup? Is the contemporary United States a country…
Cornelius Adebahr argues that a return to an old, pre-Trump, transatlantic mindset will not adequate to address contemporary global policy challenges.
Even though the…