Revivifying struggling "strategic" firms like @BritishSteelUK calls for a mission-oriented industrial strategy. The goal should not be merely to save the industry but to transform it, note @MazzucatoM and @AnnaHopeEmerson. https://t.co/ln84TT2GAV
America’s Venezuela policy once emphasized democratic reforms and human rights. But under @realDonaldTrump, oil access has become the overriding priority, writes @Kennedy_School’s @ricardo_hausman. https://t.co/H1PyIPhYfA
Even if China wins the current tech race, it will struggle to contain the social consequences of AI-driven job displacement without expanding its social safety net, writes @Harvard’s @krogoff. https://t.co/4f3Gc34OrM
Climate action is still possible; the central challenge for policymakers is whether they are willing to design the incentives that make it inevitable, argues Paula Carvalho Pereda. https://t.co/s54PP31MG6
.@realDonaldTrump's administration seems to hope that the US and India can remain global partners, even as they become regional rivals. But managing this contradiction will be no easy feat, warns @Chellaney. https://t.co/HyOOsqmpjo
An organized retail operation in Bangalore or Mumbai today is fundamentally different from a 1990s shop, not because the employees are more educated, but because algorithms have made them more productive, notes @rvenk. https://t.co/gGLeeuo2rx
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On the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, @cbabdullahgul laments that Israel’s killing of civilians—including women, children, and journalists—has been met with virtually no resistance from the West. The damage being done, not just in Gaza but to humanity
and the world order, can hardly be overstated https://t.co/9B79m18EcE
China’s aggressive data-center buildout has produced costly inefficiencies and distortions that should serve as a cautionary tale for countries racing to expand AI infrastructure, argues @USC’s @AngelaZhangHK. https://t.co/1IwNzP6ZML
At the heart of the US Justice Department’s attack on the Presidential Records Act is a mistaken belief that the Constitution prioritizes the president’s “autonomy and independence” over all else, write @MarkJRozellGMU and Mitchel A. Sollenberger. https://t.co/nlgPNHhn68
Policymakers must confront the reality that, in much of the developing world, organ donation is a family decision, not a personal choice, explain @ChristinaSaraha and Maleke Fourati. https://t.co/ZIMG2qFepZ
Nationalizing @BritishSteelUK could help create a modern, green steel sector; but only if the British state is committed to governing it for the common good, @MazzucatoM and @AnnaHopeEmerson explain. https://t.co/ln84TT2GAV