Global Cooperation
Our national leaders have failed us. It’s time to hand over power to global institutions
It is not the idea of globalization itself that is problematic; it is that its implementation has not gone far enough.
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Market capitalism should benefit the many, not just the few. Can 2017 be the year we finally make it happen?
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Global Cooperation
Populism is poison. Plural cities are the antidote
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How do we use the advances of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in ways that will create not just prosperity, but shared prosperity?
Economic Growth
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Global Cooperation
When the line between war and peace becomes blurred, how do we keep ourselves safe?
Is a more connected world a safer and more resilient one, or is it more brittle and fragile, asks Jean-Marie Guéhenno.
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Post-truth politics isn't inevitable. This is why
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