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Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg

Writing for PS since 2019
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Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, a former World Bank Group chief economist and editor-in-chief of the American Economic Review, is Professor of Economics at Yale University.

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  1. What a Successful Industrial Policy Needs
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    What a Successful Industrial Policy Needs

    Sep 17, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg demonstrates that while subsidies can help, knowledge and technology transfers are crucial.

  2. Is Greece’s Six-Day Work Week a Harbinger?
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    Is Greece’s Six-Day Work Week a Harbinger?

    Jul 19, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg points out that the country is facing the same demographic problem as almost all advanced economies.

  3. The High Costs of the New US Tariffs on Chinese EVs
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    The High Costs of the New US Tariffs on Chinese EVs

    May 22, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg laments the Biden administration's embrace of costly, futile efforts to outcompete low-cost rivals.

  4. Why Have Developing Countries Soured on Multilateralism?
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    Why Have Developing Countries Soured on Multilateralism?

    Mar 19, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg traces the roots of dissatisfaction to advanced economies' use of bodies like the World Trade Organization.

  5. Why Are Americans Dissatisfied Despite a Strong Economy?
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    Why Are Americans Dissatisfied Despite a Strong Economy?

    Jan 19, 2024 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg examines several possible explanations for the Biden administration’s counterintuitively low public approval.

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    How to Judge the New British Government’s First Budget

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    If UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves tried to meet all the political demands that have been placed on her, her budget would likely result in disappointing growth and financial instability. Instead, the new government's first budget should be judged according to four longer-term criteria.

     lists four criteria for assessing the chancellor's attempt to meet a long list of unrealistic demands.
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    Outsourcing Our Future to For-Profit AI

    Katharina Pistor worries that we have already ceded control to self-interested private corporations and their shareholders.
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    Investments in Nature Will Decide Our Future

    Ambroise Fayolle

    At COP16 in Colombia this month, delegates from nearly 200 countries will discuss how to accelerate action to protect 30% of the planet’s land and maritime areas by 2030. Central to that goal will be unlocking more investment through public-private partnerships, de-risking mechanisms, and other innovative strategies.

     points out that biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage jeopardize all other global development goals.
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    The Roots of Europe’s Immigration Problem

    Robert Skidelsky calls attention to the conditions that lead African migrants to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean.
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    The BRICS Still Don’t Matter

    Jim O'Neill thinks the grouping continues to show that it serves no purpose beyond generating symbolic political gestures.
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    Why Another Trump Term Would Be Worse Than the First

    Tom Ginsburg & Aziz Huq see a pattern of authoritarian movements becoming more effective when given a second shot at power.
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    The Case for Press Freedom Just Got Stronger

    Katrin Kivi highlights the findings of two new reports that illustrate the many benefits of protecting independent media.
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    China’s Pension Crisis Is Here

    Yi Fuxian argues that the country’s efforts to mitigate the effects of rapid demographic aging are too little, too late.
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    Why Must Indians Vote So Often?

    Shashi Tharoor argues that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to hold all elections on the same day is a non-starter.

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