Mariana Mazzucato, et al.: The water-security crisis

Also, Debasish Roy Chowdhury on India’s “Truman Show” democracy for PS Quarterly. [View this message in a web browser]( SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 This week in PS Longer Reads, Mariana Mazzucato of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the University of Potsdam's Johan Rockström, and Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels. [Read now](. And in PS Quarterly, Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chauvinist ruling party has coopted India’s news media. [Read now](. [PS Longer Reads: The Water-Security Crisis]( [The Water-Security Crisis]( By Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Johan Rockström, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam Increasingly severe water shortages represent a human-made crisis that can be resolved through human interventions. The situation demands new thinking about the economics of this critical resource and how to manage it through mission-oriented strategies that span all levels of governance. [Read more]( [PS Back to School Sale: Get digital access for just $50.]( [PS Quarterly: India’s “Truman Show” Democracy]( [India’s “Truman Show” Democracy]( By Debasish Roy Chowdhury During Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade in power, he has brought the country’s mainstream media fully into line with his goal of establishing a Hindu supremacist political order. Accordingly, Indian media are now in the business of constructing an alternative reality that renders elections meaningless. [Read more]( Also, in a new commentary, Chowdhury rejects the widely held belief that India has stepped “back from the brink” of authoritarian chauvinism. [Read now](. [PS. Register now for our upcoming Climate Week NYC 2024 event.]( [PS Longer Reads: How Fascism Happens]( [How Fascism Happens]( By Mark Jones In the face of renewed threats to democracy, historical knowledge of past dictatorships becomes as important as ever. After all, the Holocaust and World War II show what can happen when democracies allow themselves to be undermined from within. [Read more]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. Receipt of this newsletter does not guarantee rights to re-publish any of its content. Secure exclusive rights to PS content [here](. Interested in advertising opportunities? Email sponsorship@project-syndicate.org. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.