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新自由主义者的休克疗法作者：约瑟夫·斯蒂格利茨2022年4月5日https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/...

This year's gathering of business and political elites in Davos recognised a basic truth—without reckoning with past mistakes.

Ejinsight 20220603-Getting-deglobalization-right Hkej ejinsight.com

The World Economic Forum's first meeting in more than two years was markedly different from the many previous Davos conferences that I have attended since 1995. It was not just that the bright snow and clear skies of January were replaced by bare ski slopes and a gloomy May drizzle. Rather, it was that a forum traditionally committed to championing globalisation was primarily concerned with globalisation's failures: broken supply chains, food- and energy-price inflation, and an intelle...

Business and political elite embraced new ethos at WEF without reflecting on past mistakes

After four decades of championing globalisation, it is clear that the Davos crowd mismanaged things.

The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reminded us of the unforeseeable disruptions constantly confronting the global economy. We have been taught this lesson many times. No one...

Neoliberals must shoulder blame for failure to prevent economic shocks

Ejinsight 20220408-Shock-therapy-for-neoliberals Hkej ejinsight.com

The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reminded us of the unforeseeable disruptions constantly confronting the global economy. We have been taught this lesson many times. No one could have predicted that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, and few anticipated the 2008 financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic or former US president Donald Trump’s election, which resulted in the US turning toward protectionism and nationalism. Even those who did anticipate these crises could not hav...