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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

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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

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Stephen S. Roach thinks Xi Jinping’s hierarchy of ultimatums, with Taiwan now firmly at the top, is sending mixed signals.
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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

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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

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.@JFrankelEcon outlines a policy platform for the Democrats to rein in price growth after retaking control of Congress.
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.@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

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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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In a new PS Insider Interview, coming next week, @NobelPrize laureates @Ph_Aghion and Simon Johnson (@baselinescene) highlight the high costs of over-regulation, risk aversion, and institutional inertia in Europe. Sign up to our Longer Reads & Interviews newsletter now so you don’t miss it.

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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

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Stephen Holmes sees a new proposed rule politicizing research grants as part and parcel of a broader war on the future. https://t.co/qPVmp85ivF

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Thitinan Pongsudhirak lambasts the US defense secretary for pushing a muddled proposal that risks undermining regional peace. https://t.co/Wz3dVh9aqW

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Daniel Gros argues that surging Chinese exports are not the reason why EU industry is struggling. https://t.co/KEBxBQXpN9

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Peter Singer welcomes Leo’s rejection of techno-utopianism but not his first encyclical’s human-centered moral framework. https://t.co/TSvmumqIx8

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Moussa Faki Mahamat calls for urgent international action to deal with rising distress across the Global South. https://t.co/mXLn5YXezb

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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

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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

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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

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How Measles Came Roaring Back https://t.co/sYPOYhvBnu

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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