The Sunday Newsletter
OCTOBER 13, 2019This week at Project Syndicate, Dani Rodrik explores the precarious balancing act underlying liberal democracy; Peter Singer calls for more innovative ideas to convey the urgency of addressing climate change; Joseph Stiglitz asks why policymakers continue to propose only piecemeal fixes to the global tax regime; and more. Join the conversation.
Politics & World Affairs
Dani Rodrik says that the surprise is not that few democracies are liberal, but that liberal democracies exist at all.
Sustainability & Environment
Peter Singer explains why civil disobedience is both ethical and necessary to avert an environmental catastrophe.
From Princeton University Press
Radical Markets
Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
By Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl
With a new foreword by Vitalik Buterin and Jaron Lanier and a new afterword by the authors
Revolutionary ideas on how to use markets to achieve fairness and prosperity for all.
“A brilliant, provocative work.” — Jason Furman, former chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers
Economics & Finance
No More Half-Measures on Corporate Taxes
Joseph Stiglitz dismisses a forthcoming OECD proposal as insufficient for addressing tax avoidance by multinationals.
Economics & Finance
Roger E. A. Farmer defends the dismal science’s track record of designing policies to promote growth and reduce poverty.
On Point
Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummins are alarmed by economic policymakers’ continued obsession with fiscal retrenchment at a time of slowing growth.
Economics & Finance
Katharina Pistor draws lessons from past experience for a new generation of mission-oriented lending institutions.
Politics & World Affairs
Ian Buruma warns that the damage done by political leaders who incite violence will not be easily undone.