Joseph Biden, Jr., Emmanuel Macron, Esther Duflo, and more in Behind the Headlines

Also featuring Rishi Sunak, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Mia Amor Mottley, Jayati Ghosh, and more [View this message in a web browser]( [PS Behind the Headlines]( JUNE 21, 2023 [A Green Transition That Leaves No One Behind]( [A Green Transition That Leaves No One Behind]( [Emmanuel Macron]( [Joseph Biden, Jr.]( [Mia Amor Mottley]( [Rishi Sunak]( et al. set out a vision of global collective action based on solidarity with the world's poor. [Throwing Good Money After Good]( [Throwing Good Money After Good]( [Esther Duflo]( and [Michael Kremer]( tout the performance of new social innovation funds they helped establish in the United States and France. The Economics of Geopolitical Rivalries The return of great-power competition – in particular, between the US and China – has brought far-reaching economic disruptions. This week at PS, Robert Skidelsky considers why the West embraces such competition, and Wing Thye Woo proposes ways to ease tensions. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Costly Return of Geopolitics]( [Robert Skidelsky]( traces the intellectual roots of Western elites’ dangerous fixation on strategic rivalries. --------------------------------------------------------------- [To De-Escalate US-China Tensions, Decouple Differently]( [Wing Thye Woo]( explains why the US and China should seek to detach trade policy from technology and national-security issues. [PS. Explore the latest issue of our magazine, PS Quarterly: At Arms.]( [The Global Minimum Corporate Tax Needs More Work]( [Joseph E. Stiglitz]( and [Tommaso Faccio]( calls for new talks to improve on the flawed international agreement of two years ago. [The Trump Indictment and America’s Political Order]( [Eric Posner]( considers the deeper structural causes and likely consequences of prosecuting a former president. [PS Big Picture: The AI Apocalypse?]( [The AI Apocalypse?]( [George Soros]( [Daron Acemoglu]( [Mariana Mazzucato]( and more offer sharply conflicting assessments of the technology’s likely impact. [The Fertilizer Conundrum]( [Jayati Ghosh]( calls on policymakers and private donors to shift more resources toward agroecological farming. [The Risks of "De-Risking"]( [Carl Bildt]( worries that the latest buzzword about China will lead Western countries to shoot themselves in the foot. [PS. Subscribe to PS Digital now.]( [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](.