inequality

Generative AI will inevitably be used as a powerful manipulation tool. The evidence is already piling in, even more shocking than I would have expected at this early stage. Take Matt Taibbi, the investigative journalist most recently famous…

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries will not be transitory. While global economic output has returned to and surpassed pre-pandemic levels, in nearly one fifth of developing countries GDP per capita by…

Covid-19 has very been expensive in terms of budgets as well as lives. Rich countries have rightly ramped up their budgetary spending – and budget deficits – to keep their populations afloat and to spur a post-pandemic recovery. They have…

Nei giorni ossessivi del primo lockdown italiano era molto diffuso il dibattito sugli scenari post Covid, riassumibile nelle canoniche tre posizioni che si ripresentano a ogni grande shock epocale: 1) teniamo duro e tutto tornerà come prima…

As a climate policy researcher, I am often asked: what is the biggest obstacle to decarbonization? My answer has changed profoundly over the last couple of years. Before, I used to point to a complex combination of a lack of…