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Ethiopia: World Leaders Must Reboot Global Cooperation for Today and Tomorrow

Lalatendu Das - September 15, 2024. Published in The Reporter

Final negotiations are underway in New York for this month’s Summit of the Future.

Nigeria: Navigating Protectionism in Modern Economic Landscape: Lessons from US

Lalatendu Das - April 25, 2024. Published in The Guardian

The recent United State of America's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has made it clear that protectionism is back.

China: The Growing Problem of Poverty among Older Americans

Robin Koerner - October 6, 2023. Published in Guangming Daily

Structural inequality in U.S. society has increased, making poverty among older people more difficult to address.

Italy: The Other Face of America: If Statistics Counted Extras, It Would Be 4-1 between Rich and Poor

Laurence Bouvard - January 28, 2023. Published in Corriere della Sera

Europeans tend not to recognize just how much the United States ... is a fully fledged social state.

Finland: The US Is a Developing Country That Can’t Be Saved by 1 Election

Robin Koerner - November 27, 2022. Published in Iltalehti

A concretely better quality of life [...] cannot be achieved in one election — nor will there be a fast-pass to the repair shop.

U.A.E.: How To Fix Poverty in America

Lalatendu Das - October 9, 2022. Published in The National

Republicans & Democrats are slugging it out but should be working together – and ahead of Thanksgiving, a time of greed, gluttony & waste.

Canada: The Revival of America’s Cities Doesn’t Include the Poor

Rejeanne Lacroix - September 8, 2022. Published in Ottawa Citizen

Japan: Japanese Capitalism Can Teach US Lessons in Income Growth and Equality

Robin Koerner - November 19, 2020. Published in Japan Times

How did Japan successfully bring up the poor? Not by taxing the rich, but by the combination of positive demographic dynamics and re-enforcing policy measures.

Germany: New York — a Stricken City of Contrasts

Rejeanne Lacroix - June 10, 2020. Published in Deutsche Welle

Bolivia: Attacks on Migrants

Robin Koerner - September 28, 2019. Published in Correo del Sur

[T]he migrants are victims of abuse by criminal organizations, and by police who abuse their power against a sector that is clearly vulnerable.

Mexico: The Problem Is Not Populism

Robin Koerner - December 14, 2018. Published in Crónica

The problem is not populism, but the populist.

Netherlands: American Dream Replaced By Nightmare of Extreme Poverty

Robin Koerner - July 22, 2018. Published in Het Financieele Dagblad

'There is … a dramatic contrast between the immense wealth of the few and the squalor and deprivation in which vast numbers of Americans exist.'

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