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Project Syndicate: Why We Need Globalization

Koichi Hamada May 2, 2018
Open economies with active trade, immigration and foreign investment have historically enjoyed prosperity, and “globalization does not deserve voters’ ire,” argues Koichi Hamada for Project Syndicate. Competition does harm some communities and individuals, but governments can target policies that encourage economic security, job training and adaptation. “Yet such countervailing policies are...

New York Times: The Villain Behind a New Gilded Age

Eric Posner and Glen Weyl May 2, 2018
Consolidated power among corporations, more so than the forces of globalization or technology, has reinforced inequality, fueled populism and reduced support for democracy. “In the past two decades, growth rates in the United States have fallen to half of what they were in the middle of the 20th century,” note authors Eric Posner and Glen Weyl for the New York Times. “The share of income accruing...

Haaretz: Netanyahu Says Iran Nuclear Deal Is Based on Lies

Noa Landau May 1, 2018
With a document release, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu maintains that Iran has deceived the world about its ambitions for nuclear weapons. “Netanyahu referred to a secret Iranian nuclear project, codenamed ‘Amad, which he said had been shelved in 2003, though he said work in the field had continued,” reports Noa Landau for Haaretz. In a news conference, he claimed Iran lied about...

Financial Times: AI Arms Race

Louise Lucas and Richard Waters May 1, 2018
With algorithms increasingly controlling large systems, China and the United States compete to lead in big-data advances expected to contribute to prowess in technology, finance and national security. Leaders in the industry have access to advanced algorithms, specialized computing hardware and streams of reliable data. Startups in both nations develop technologies around facial recognition,...

Eurasianet: Armenia’s Diaspora Clout

Grigor Atanesian April 30, 2018
The Armenian diaspora supported protests in Yerevan against Serzh Sargsyan, president since 2008. ”Since protests in Yerevan began on April 13, rallies in solidarity took place in the global centers of the Armenian diaspora,” reports Grigor Atanesian for Eurasianet. “In the diaspora, support for the protests was far from universal, however, and some of the biggest diaspora organizations kept...

Guardian: Wealth of Our Collective Data

Chris Hughes April 28, 2018
Individuals constantly produce and share data. “We share all this data about ourselves because we like the services these companies provide, and business leaders tell us we must to make it possible for those services to be cheap or free,” explains Chris Hughes, a Facebook co-founder, for the Guardian. Shareholders of tech and other firms benefited, and the profits add incentives for less data...

Inside Story: Domestic Disharmony for China and India

Kerry Brown and Marya Shakil April 27, 2018
Before aspiring to global leadership roles, China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi must demonstrate capability for handling domestic challenges. “Xi and Modi may operate in very different contexts, one in charge of the world’s largest Communist Party–controlled state, the other running the world’s largest democracy,” explain Kerry Brown and Marya Shakil for Inside Story. “But both can be...