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Russia’s path toward a better political capitalism

Branko Milanović explains the possible thinking behind Vladimir Putin’s recent clouded constitutional announcements

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The myth of middle-class liberalism

The bourgeois are supposed to ensure open, democratic societies. In fact, historically they rarely have

By David Motadel

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How tax breaks undermine the SDGs

Tax incentives are largely redundant, inefficient and unnecessarily erode public financing for development in the Global South

By Neeti Biyani

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Georgia's neoliberal agony

In Georgia, the state has given up on development. Neoliberalism is exhausted — there's nothing left to sell or deregulate

By Mate Gabitsinashvili

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Antifragile states and global cities

How globalisation has allowed small states to become major players and big cities to outgrow their nation-states

By Branko Milanović

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Taxes, taxes, taxes

Developing countries need to unite their efforts now to prevent an unfair and inadequate international tax reform

By José Antonio Ocampo

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Japan's identity crisis

Japan's new royals are cosmopolitans. But the country finds itself in a struggle between openness and ritualised tradition

By Siegfried Knittel

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'I believe that combating inequalities is crucial'

Udo Bullmann MEP explains what the current UN Summit on Sustainable Development means for the EU's external relations

By Udo Bullmann

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Getting serious about the SDGs

By addressing three problems in the international economic system, world leaders could help to put the SDGs back on track

By Jayati Ghosh

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How Africa can adapt to the digital revolution

The Fourth Industrial Revolution does not mean the end of traditional manufacturing-based development models in Africa

By Kartik Akileswaran and Georgina Hutchinson