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 [View this message in a web browser]( | [Forward to a friend]( [PS On Point]( PS On Point Weekly Newsletter This week in PS On Point, Preston McAfee, former chief economist at Microsoft, and Simon Wilkie, Dean of Monash University's Faculty of Business, show how applied economics can be used to improve outcomes in everything from school matching to crowd control. [Read more](. And in a special feature based on remarks at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, George Soros, the chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Foundations, finds reasons to hope that open societies can overcome the escalating threat of authoritarian nationalism. [Read more](. PS On Point: Special FEATURE THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 [How a Democratic Counteroffensive Can Win]( How a Democratic Counteroffensive Can Win By George Soros With authoritarian nationalism continuing to gain ground around the world, it would be easy to give in to despair. But there are also grounds to hope for the survival of open societies, which are, despite appearances, far stronger and more stable than repressive regimes. [Read More]( [The Year Ahead 2020. Subscribe]( THE BIG PICTURE The Big Picture brings together 4-5 Project Syndicate commentaries on topics in the news - and on the deeper issues driving the news. [Shareholder Capitalism RIP?]( Shareholder Capitalism RIP? Corporations increasingly realize that restoring public trust in business and markets is essential to making capitalism more sustainable. In this new world, focusing solely on keeping shareholders happy will no longer be enough. [Read More]( PS ON POINT: LONG READ [Teaching Old Markets New Tricks]( Teaching Old Markets New Tricks By Preston McAfee and Simon Wilkie Once one starts thinking about the far-reaching benefits of economic growth, the Nobel laureate economist Robert Lucas once observed, "it's hard to think about anything else." The same could be said of "market design," a form of applied economics that promises to improve outcomes in almost every domain one can imagine. [Read More]( THE YEAR AHEAD 2020 [Surveillance Capitalism]( Surveillance Capitalism By Shoshana Zuboff Over the past two decades, an entirely new economic model has taken hold, seemingly right under our noses. Whereas the Internet and digital technologies once promised to liberate humanity through disintermediation and shared connections, now they have been turned into tools for behavioral manipulation and exploitation. [Read More]( We’ve updated our Terms & Conditions, click [here]( to view them. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from this list](.