Trump’s Diminishing Power – Jeffrey Sachs and Paul Gilding “Rethinking Animal Agriculture”

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Project Syndicate

 

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018

 

This week at Project Syndicate, Jeffrey Sachs thinks that a politically wounded Donald Trump will be even more dangerous for America and the world; Ricardo Hausmann takes Mexico’s president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to task for his preferred policy to combat income inequality; Peter Singer calls on the West to stop selling Saudi Arabia arms and to stop buying its oil; and more. Join the conversation.

 

Trump's Diminishing Power and Rising Rage
Trump’s Diminishing Power and Rising Rage

Jeffrey Sachs worries that the result of the US midterm elections is exacerbating the president’s mental instability.

How Not to Fight Income Inequality
How Not to Fight Income Inequality

Ricardo Hausmann calls the Mexican president-elect’s plan to lower senior civil servants’ salaries a grave mistake.

 

The Bank of Japan's Stealth Tapering
On Point: The Bank of Japan’s Stealth Tapering

Takatoshi Ito says that policymakers have good reason not to be explicit about normalizing monetary conditions.

 

Are You Buying Oil from Saudi Arabia?

Peter Singer says that stopping Western arms sales is only a first step toward reducing the Kingdom’s power.

How Not to Fight Income Inequality
The Dred Scott of Climate Change?

Robert Dugger argues that the US federal courts should recognize the constitutional rights of future generations.