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The IMF’s return to austerity?

US intransigence at the IMF may leave middle and low-income countries unable to recover for years to come

By Kevin P. Gallagher

Reuters

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How Trump is losing his base

Talking to working-class and rural voters shows the deep health care crisis in America — and trouble for Trump’s re-election

By Stanley B. Greenberg

Reuters

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'This time, I predict Trump will lose'

An interview with Allan Lichtman — one of the few forecasters who predicted the victory of Donald Trump in 2016

By Allan Lichtman

Reuters

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A multicoloured New Deal

With extreme poverty rising and climate breakdown accelerating, we need to mobilise for a green, purple and red New Deal

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

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The Indian National Congress' identity crisis

India needs an effective opposition to fight Modi's authoritarianism. But the Congress is too engaged in navel-gazing

By Sanjay Kapoor

Reuters

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This is how Biden should approach the Latino vote

Some ways of talking about race and class are more effective politically. And not just with Hispanics

By Ian Haney Lopez, Tory Gavito

Reuters

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The ‘bazooka’: Modern Monetary Theory in action

Large-scale injections of money to bring economies out of the coronavirus coma have vindicated Modern Monetary Theory

By Peter Bofinger

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Can Macron's 'France Relance' rebuild the country?

France’s unprecedented recovery plans are ambitious on industry and enviroment but risk to widen the social divide

By Thomas Manz

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Social democracy in one corner of the world

The belief that progressive politics today can recreate the benign conditions for post-war social democracy is a mirage

By Branko Milanović

Reuters

Latin America

When the crisis becomes permanent

Argentina is in the world’s longest lockdown—and that’s not its only problem. Yet despite high debt and Covid-19, there's hope

By Svenja Blanke