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System change, not climate change

A Green New Deal requires nothing less than bringing the globalised financial system under the authority of nation states

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The new space wars

The conflicts of the big military powers are increasingly taking place in outer space. This is a major threat to global security

By Daniel A. Porras

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Politics in the age of data

Progressive politics is floundering in the waves generated by Big Data — when it could be shaping the tide

By Karin Pettersson

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Managing the next Gold Rush

The seafloor is rich in minerals, but barely understood. We need to be careful not to trigger an environmental catastrophe

By Sharon E. Burke

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The IMF’s latest victims

The International Monetary Fund’s bizarre belief in ‘expansionary austerity’ would be laughable if it were not so damaging

By Jayati Ghosh

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The dangerous delusion of optimal global warming

Sophisticated economic models suggest that global warming should be limited to 3.5°C. But they're fatally flawed

By Adair Turner

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The downfall of left-wing heroes

Tsipras, Corbyn, Iglesias, Sanders: in 2015 the new dawn of the left made political waves. Now, their stars are fading away

By Christos Katsioulis

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Throwing your weight behind a vote

After all the struggles for universale suffrage, we should continue to improve democratic elections with weighted voting

By Branko Milanović

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A New START?

In the age of Trump, arms control needs a relaunch: it will either be multilateral or it will not be at all

By Oliver Thränert

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The exploitation time bomb

A self-reinforcing pattern of high profits, low investment, and rising inequality demands a Global Green New Deal

By Jayati Ghosh