Brigitte Granville for PS On Point: The Debt Question Today

Brigitte Granville surveys recent proposals for making relief and restructuring compatible with other development objectives. [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( JUNE 16, 2023 The causes of the current debt crisis closely resemble those of the archetypal wave of developing-country sovereign defaults that began in Mexico in 1982. But, writes Brigitte Granville of Queen Mary University of London, the solutions this time will have to be quite different. [Read more](. [PS Longer Reads: The Debt Question Today]( [The Debt Question Today]( By Brigitte Granville The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris this month certainly cannot be accused of lacking ambition. But a new global effort to increase developing countries' fiscal space can succeed only if it embraces the spirit of innovation and adapts the latest thinking from those who have long studied – and managed – the problem. [Read more]( [PS Big Picture: The AI Apocalypse?]( [The AI Apocalypse?]( with George Soros, Daron Acemoglu, Mariana Mazzucato, and more Few technologies are as powerful – or polarizing – as artificial intelligence. While more sanguine predictions may well be vindicated, this is far from guaranteed, and plausible catastrophic scenarios abound. [Read more]( [PS. Subscribe to PS Premium to receive your copy of PS Quarterly: At Arms]( [PS Insider Interview: The View from Poland]( [The View from Poland]( Adam Michnik interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross As the war in neighboring Ukraine continues into its second year, emotions are running high in Polish political life. Given major domestic political and social developments, including a general election in the fall, as well as broader geopolitical realignments, 2023 is shaping up to be a watershed year. [Read more]( [PS. Subscribe to PS Digital now for less than $2 per month.]( [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. 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](.