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Winning the Fight for Women’s Land Rights

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4h

Today is #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen. As @presidenthalonen.fi & Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim noted in 2023, ensuring women farmers can own or inherit the land they work boosts restoration, resilience, food production & equity.
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Tarja Halonen & Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim call attention to a widespread problem that threatens food production and the health of the planet.

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Will Stablecoins Preserve Dollar Dominance?

Barry Eichengreen thinks the argument that they will rests on a slew of shaky assumptions and leaves key questions unanswered.

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Rare Earths Are China’s Trump Card

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23h

Trump threatened 100% tariffs on Chinese exports after China restricted rare-earth exports. As Angela Huyue Zhang warned in August, China’s dominance in rare-earths limits U.S. options in the trade war.
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Angela Huyue Zhang shows why overwhelming Chinese dominance of the sector limits US options in the countries' trade war.

Trump’s Destruction of Maritime Law Raises the Risk of War

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

For the sake of humanity, nature, and global peace, we must call attention to the dangerous cycle that Donald Trump has triggered by allowing US-listed companies to go ahead with deep-sea mining, writes Guy Standing. bit.ly/42HvrWa

Guy Standing warns that an executive order allowing deep-sea mining in international waters could have devastating effects.

How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Global Hunger

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

The tools to confront today’s hunger crisis already exist. The real challenge is mobilizing the political will to act, write @rajpatel.org and Refiloe Joala. bit.ly/3IHg2OU

Raj Patel & Refiloe Joala urge world leaders to shift from market-oriented fixes to public procurement and expanded social programs.

Will AI Pay Off the West’s Debts?

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

Will AI rescue rich countries from intensifying debt pressures, particularly as rapidly aging populations increase pressure on benefit programs? Kenneth Rogoff believes the answer is no.
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Kenneth Rogoff explains why the growth driven by the technology will not lead to an equivalent increase in tax revenues.

How Today’s Developing Countries Can Drive Tomorrow’s Global Economy

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

A McKinsey Global Institute report identifies 18 high-growth arenas poised to reshape the global economy over the next 15 years. Countries that fail to adapt risk falling behind, write Kweilin Ellingrud, Kevin Russell, and Suhayl Chettih. bit.ly/477UKlx

Kweilin Ellingrud, Kevin Russell and Suhayl Chettih outline steps that emerging markets should take to benefit from recent technological advances in 18 arenas.

Africa’s Best Energy Choice Is Geothermal

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

Kenya’s embrace of geothermal has contributed to major progress on energy stability and access, points out Mugwe Manga.
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Mugwe Manga touts the technology's potential to advance security, sustainability, and connectivity on the continent.

Trump Is Taking Aim at the Midterms

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 1d

With Donald Trump's military occupation of American cities, we are witnessing the actions of an authoritarian leader who already tried to steal one election and who has every intention of stealing the next one, Richard K. Sherwin warns. bit.ly/47luGod

Richard K. Sherwin concludes that the US president has no intention of permitting free and fair congressional elections in 2026.

Will Stablecoins Preserve Dollar Dominance?

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

Barry Eichengreen thinks the argument that dollar-pegged stablecoins will save the greenback's bacon rests on a slew of shaky assumptions and leaves key questions unanswered.

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Barry Eichengreen thinks the argument that they will rests on a slew of shaky assumptions and leaves key questions unanswered.

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

Philippe Aghion has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for advancing our understanding of how innovation drives long-term growth. Earlier this year, he argued with co-authors that, with the right policies, AI can boost both growth and employment.
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Overcoming Latin America’s Mounting Debt Crises

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

At a time when developing countries are facing high debt and low growth, many are suffering from net financial outflows, with illicit financial flows a major culprit. In PS Quarterly: What Works?, The South Centre’s Yuefen Li proposes a solution. Read it at the link: bit.ly/4nLDucU

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

In Latin America and the Caribbean, mounting debt burdens, climate vulnerability, and stalled progress toward development goals are fueling a full-blown crisis, warn @mfespinosaec.bsky.social, Ulrich Volz, and Alex Dryden.
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María Fernanda Espinosa, Ulrich Volz and Alex Dryden explain why there is no substitute for systemic reforms to the global financial architecture.

Is the Global Economy as Resilient as It Seems?

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4d

The latest @brookings.edu @financialtimes.com's Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery shows an economic landscape that seems benign in some ways, but unsettled in others, Eswar Prasad and Caroline Smiltneks write.
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Eswar Prasad & Caroline Smiltneks share findings from a compilation of indices tracking macroeconomic conditions around the world.

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4d

María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership in Venezuela’s democratic movement. In 2023, she outlined a peaceful and constitutional path toward freedom and urged international support for the country’s renewal.

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Financial Investors Can’t Profit From Complacency Forever

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4d

Market dynamics today are reminiscent of the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, when mortgage risks were acknowledged but brushed aside as long as securitization kept delivering profits, @kalemli-ozcan.bsky.social worries.

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Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan argues that bond-market participants and others are consciously choosing to ignore obvious policy risks.

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4d

Lea Ypi’s new book is at its strongest when it confronts the question of how to maintain one’s integrity under authoritarian rule, offering a master class in recovering truth from history, writes Michael Ignatieff.
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Inequality Is Destroying Mental Health

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 5d

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, read @deschuttero.bsky.social and @profkepickett.bsky.social’s commentary examining the link between income inequality and mental-health outcomes.
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Olivier De Schutter & Kate Pickett propose raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to improve well-being in unequal countries.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 5d

It is hard to imagine a more cost-effective solution to foreign-aid cuts than the IMF selling a small share of its gold at no risk to its financial health and at no cost to its donors, write @timhirschelburns.bsky.social and @marinazucker.bsky.social.
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The Case for IMF Gold Sales

Tim Hirschel-Burns & Marina Zucker-Marques argue that selling a small share of the Fund’s vast holdings would offset this year’s foreign-aid cuts.

Zaki Laïdi blames the political crisis on several factors, including an imperious president and feckless political parties.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 5d

French President Emmanuel Macron has a good international image. But he now appears ill-equipped to understand the rules and reality of current French politics, writes Zaki Laidi.
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Macron’s Tragedy

Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Education Goes Online

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 6d

Although the Taliban’s recent internet blackout was abruptly lifted after 48 hours, the expansion of its assault on girls’ education into the online realm is a worrying development, argues Gordon Brown.
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Gordon Brown worries that the Taliban’s recent internet shutdown portends further escalation of its gender repression.

The EU Must Stand Up to Trump

Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 6d

When Chinese President Xi Jinping stood up to Donald Trump, Trump caved. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social wonders when the European Union's leaders will realize that they should do the same.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz sees no good reason for an economic powerhouse to capitulate to a capricious would-be tyrant.

Daniel Gros thinks the best way to overcome opposition from local communities is to offer them financial compensation.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 6d

Rather than bulldozing local communities in the courts, they should be compensated for the nuisance a new wind farm represents, such as by providing them with discounted energy, writes Daniel Gros.
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Windmill Wars

Rethinking Value-Added Taxes for Developing Economies

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 6d

Widely praised for their reliability, value-added taxes have deepened developing economies' reliance on exports of raw materials. It is time to break this cycle of dependence, argue Rabah Arezki, Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, and Rick van der Ploeg.
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Rabah Arezki, Grégoire Rota-Graziosi and Rick van der Ploeg call for a reassessment of a framework that has failed to drive inclusive growth in resource-rich countries.