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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. What Economics Was Missing
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    What Economics Was Missing

    Nov 21, 2023 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg highlights two especially relevant insights from the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize.

  4. Protectionism Started the Geopolitical Fire
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    Protectionism Started the Geopolitical Fire

    Sep 19, 2023 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg considers the role that tariffs have played in undermining global cooperation and driving conflict.

  5. An Immigration Wake-Up Call
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    An Immigration Wake-Up Call

    Jul 19, 2023 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg urges policymakers in the rich world to embrace the inevitability of increased economic migration.

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    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.
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    King Trump on Trial

    Richard K. Sherwin

    High-ranking Republican politicians have lately been turning up at Donald Trump’s New York City trial to demonstrate solidarity with the former president. But their attendance also serves a more alarming purpose: to validate Trump as a competing source of sovereign power, independent of the US Constitution and the rule of law.

    explains why a parade of Republican leaders have made appearances at the former president’s trial in New York.
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    Crunch Time for the Power Sector

    Michael Spence argues that developing flexible, stable, and resilient smart grids requires an expanded industrial policy.
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    The Rise of Mesoeconomics

    William H. Janeway

    A growing body of literature focusing on the domain between the microeconomic and the macroeconomic has become increasingly relevant in a world beset by supply shocks. Armed with such insights, those designing industrial policies will have a better chance of achieving their overlapping economic- and national-security goals.

    details how a long-neglected field of economic study can be applied to today's most pressing policy challenges.
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    What the AI Pessimists Are Missing

    Michael R. Strain points out that the technology will help to address many of the risks it creates.
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    The Innocent Bystanders of College Protests

    Takatoshi Ito laments that a radical minority can disrupt the lives of so many in the broader university community.
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    Only Public-Private Cooperation Can Accelerate Decarbonization

    Francesco La Camera & Bruce Douglas explain how to translate political commitments into actual wind turbines and solar panels.
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    Defining Success in Ukraine

    Richard Haass calls for a shift to a defensive posture and efforts to bring about a long-term ceasefire.
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    A Unified Western Strategy for Ukraine

    Anders Åslund proposes a maximalist approach to military aid to replace the current piecemeal injections of old weapons.

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