Commentary
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Algeria’s Dying Dictatorship
ALGIERS – Despite his failing health, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a fourth term last month, with 81% of the…
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The Resource Revolution
SAN FRANCISCO – The world is on the threshold of the biggest business opportunity in a century, rivaling both the…
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An Advocacy of Dunces
CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS – Imagine that a group of advocates tried to alert the public to a danger that they perceived,…
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Putin’s Perilous Course
NEW YORK – The dangers of the crisis in Ukraine cannot be exaggerated. Russian President Vladimir Putin is overtly and…
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Cementing Europe’s Recovery
BRUSSELS – During my current trip to Europe, I have been encouraged by the hope and deeper sense of economic…
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The Grand Global Health Convergence
SAN FRANCISCO – The world is at a unique historical inflection point. By making today’s medicines, vaccines, and other health…
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A Surplus of Controversy
CAMBRIDGE – When the US Treasury recently added its voice to the chorus of critics of Germany’s chronic current-account surplus,…
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Marx and the Mechanical Turk
BERKELEY – The economist Suresh Naidu once remarked to me that there were three big problems with Karl Marx’s economics.…
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A World of Pain
BALTIMORE – Pain is ubiquitous in life. Inextricably bound to consciousness, it is an experience that all living creatures with…
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Closing Africa’s Agricultural Gender Gap
SEATTLE – Africa’s GDP is now growing faster than any other continent’s. When many people think about the engines driving…
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