Universal Basic Income helps tide over crises
When the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting recession pushed 120 million people worldwide into extreme poverty in 2020, many countries relied on social-protection measures...
As the World Burns
It is often said that no one wins a war, just that some lose less than others. Russia’s war against Ukraine promises to be...
Environmental Tariffs Could Be a Game Changer
Environmental tariffs may be humanity’s last hope for mitigating climate change, which is on course to become increasingly devastating if we do not curb...
Abe Shinzo’s Unmatched Legacy
The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō is as sad as it is shocking. Gun violence is exceedingly rare in Japan, and...
Aiding the Digital Revolution in Global Financial Inclusion
Around the world, high inflation, slow economic growth, and food shortages are hurting the poor the most. Coming on top of the unequal effects...
Rekindling 222 million Dreams
The United Nations recently estimated that the number of crisis-affected children in need of urgent educational support has skyrocketed from 75 million in 2016...
Nuclear Energy’s return from the Grave
Nuclear power has been in decline since the Fukushima disaster in Japan more than a decade ago, but it may be poised for a...
Makings of a global food crisis
Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Munich, is a former president of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research and serves on the...
Surviving a Future of Extreme Heat
Although nearly all heat-related deaths are preventable, heatwaves kill thousands of people worldwide every year. At this very moment, an extreme heatwave in India...
Ban Nuclear Weapons Now
Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning in the US State Department, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and...
