Escaping the New Gilded Age | by Daron Acemoglu - Project …
Sep 27, 2024 · BOSTON – Tech billionaires such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk are not just among the richest people in human history.They also are exceptionally powerful – socially, culturally, and politically. While this is partly a reflection of the social status that our society attaches to wealth in general, that is not the whole story.
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Helmut K. Anheier. Readers seeking a self-critical analysis of the former German chancellor’s 16-year tenure will be disappointed by her long-awaited memoir, as she offers neither a mea culpa nor even an acknowledgment of her missteps.
The Ocean Imperative - Project Syndicate
Oceans cover over 70% of the planet’s surface and account for 97% of its total water supply; they produce half the oxygen that we breathe and absorb one-quarter of carbon-dioxide emissions, not to mention 90% of the excess heat from global warming. And yet, they are too often an afterthought – or at least a siloed-off topic – in broader debates about climate change and biodiversity loss ...
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Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons? Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons? Nov 22, 2024 Slavoj Žižek dismisses the idea that firing Western missiles at Russian targets represents a dangerous escalation.. Saving Democracy from Itself HANNAH MCKAY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Saving Democracy from Itself. Oct 25, 2024 Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep ...
George Soros - Project Syndicate
George Soros is Chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Foundations. A pioneer of the hedge-fund industry, he is the author of many books, including The Alchemy of Finance, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What it Means, and The Tragedy of the European Union: Disintegration or Revival? His most recent book is In Defense of Open Society ...
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Will Ukraine Survive? by Richard Haass - Project Syndicate
Feb 9, 2024 · What Ukraine and its Western backers have accomplished in the wake of Russia’s February 2022 invasion is extraordinary. But with congressional Republicans blocking further US military aid, even as Russia begins to make gains on the battlefield, there is reason to be concerned about what the war's third year will bring.