To ensure a genuinely just economic transformation, national policymakers must entrust transition planning to local governments and give communities a genuine role in the decision-making process, @ICEL_indo’s Grita Anindarini writes. project-syndicate.org/commen…

AI has become a major engine of global growth. But if investment dries up, the fallout could rip through capital markets and wreak havoc on the real economy, argues @Dambisamoyo. project-syndicate.org/commen…

To govern frontier AI development, middle powers must band together to convert their collective market, regulatory, and diplomatic weight into real leverage, write @NewAmerica’s @GordonLaForge and Robert C. Orr. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Following Brazil's presidential election, @genefrieda warns that the @LulaOficial government's lack of fiscal restraint will lead to high inflation and mediocre growth. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Many seem to assume that AI will favor whichever government has the largest model or the most data. But the real advantage lies with governments that can retain what they learn, Christopher A. Pissarides and @WhiteshieldP's Fadi Farra argue. project-syndicate.org/commen…

The age of abundance now looks more like an aberration than a new reality. The end of this fortunate interval, notes V. Anantha Nageswaran, is narrowing the options of emerging economies and forcing them to act quickly. project-syndicate.org/commen…

As the term “middle powers” has gained currency this year, it has forced us to ask which countries actually belong to this grouping, notes @carlbildt. After all, shouldn’t most states be described as such? project-syndicate.org/commen…

Ambroise Fayolle touts the cost savings and economic opportunities implied by the @EIB's new approach to infrastructure investment. project-syndicate.org/commen…

.@cipesaug’s Wairagala Wakabi documents how African governments, with the support of Chinese tech firms, are monitoring people in public spaces through cameras, facial recognition, and vehicle tracking. bit.ly/4sl8OT4

Robert Muggah & Ilona Szabó de Carvalho place the president's improbable election victory in the context of recent outcomes in Hungary and Serbia. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Though few dare to speculate about it publicly, China is at risk of imploding under the weight of an economic and political perfect storm, Navneeraj Sharma and @arvindsubraman write. project-syndicate.org/commen…

To secure its future, Africa must build a stronger, more integrated continental market, writes @sgyemikale (@Afreximbank)—and that begins with the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area. project-syndicate.org/commen…

.@realDonaldTrump was hoping to huddle with client states to the south while turning his back on America's liberal partners. But that plan, within reach until Brazil's second-round presidential vote, is now in shambles, Jeremy Adelman concludes. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Joschka Fischer thinks the continent now faces a historic choice between independence and submission to outside powers. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Gene Frieda thinks the Lula government's lack of fiscal restraint will lead to high inflation and mediocre growth. project-syndicate.org/commen…

While @andyburnham and @JohnHealey_MP are right to call for more public control over the economy, they must do more to ensure that @UKLabour's "missions" will succeed, @MazzucatoM and @AnnaHopeEmerson explain. project-syndicate.org/commen…

.@RGrynspan and @CarolynRB1 should be seen as the two front-runners to succeed @antonioguterres as @UN secretary-general. @jorgeheinel explains why. bit.ly/4A9Efmy

Gordon LaForge & Robert C. Orr see an opening for other countries to shape the terms on which frontier models are developed and deployed. project-syndicate.org/commen…

.@JFrankelEcon (@Harvard) thinks that, when comparing national GDPs, volatility is hardly a justification for dispensing with exchange-rate data in favor of @WorldBankGroup’s PPP data, which is subject to even greater swings. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Big Tech firms once used their cash reserves to fund AI investment. Now they are tapping financial markets, competing with governments for capital and driving up borrowing costs, writes @Dambisamoyo. project-syndicate.org/commen…