Joseph E. Stiglitz: Inequality and Democracy

with Slavoj Žižek, Anu Bradford, Zhang Jun, and more The Sunday Newsletter [View this message in a web browser]( [PS on Sunday]( SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 This week at [Project Syndicate]( Joseph E. Stiglitz argues that salvaging democratic politics will require far-reaching political and economic reforms; Mariana Mazzucato explains why growth should not be at the center of governments’ economic policymaking; Daron Acemoglu thinks emerging economies need a genuinely independent third grouping; and more. Politics & World Affairs [Inequality and Democracy]( [Joseph E. Stiglitz]( traces the rise of illiberal, authoritarian populism to the excesses of modern neoliberal capitalism. Economics & Finance [Rethinking Growth and Revisiting the Entrepreneurial State]( [Mariana Mazzucato]( urges governments to focus more on the direction and nature of economic development, rather than just its pace. [PS. Get Digital access to Project Syndicate for less than $5 per month.]( Politics & World Affairs [The Wrong BRICS Expansion]( [Daron Acemoglu]( argues that the group's enlargement is a step in the wrong direction for emerging economies. Politics & World Affairs [National Derangements]( [Slavoj Žižek]( considers what extremist justifications for abhorrent behavior reveal about Russia and Israel today. [PS Longer Reads: Whose AI Revolution?]( [Whose AI Revolution?]( [Anu Bradford]( refutes the argument that democratic governments cannot regulate artificial intelligence effectively. Economics & Finance [Why Hasn't China Rushed to Bail Out Its Economy?]( [Zhang Jun]( explains why the country has abandoned its aggressive macroeconomic strategy in favor of de-risking. Politics & World Affairs [This Cold War Is Different]( [Mark Leonard]( foresees a world order shaped not by superpower-led blocs, but by fragmentation and multipolarity. [PS Big Picture: Why Is China’s Economy Faltering?]( [Why Is China’s Economy Faltering?]( [Takatoshi Ito]( [Nancy Qian]( [Kenneth Rogoff]( and more assess the implications of recent economic headwinds. Politics & World Affairs [Why the First Hundred Days in Office Matter]( [Ngaire Woods]( steps newly elected politicians can take to turn their promises into tangible achievements. Politics & World Affairs [Javier Milei Means More of the Same for Argentina]( [Andrés Velasco]( says that the right-wing presidential candidate is all show – which is precisely why he’s the frontrunner. [PS Say More: Teresa Ghilarducci]( [Teresa Ghilarducci on US debt, the retirement age, Social Security, and more]( [Teresa Ghilarducci]( praises the Biden administration’s contributions to worker power, suggests how to tackle rising poverty among the elderly, and more. Culture & Society [India's Universities Lack the Freedom to Excel]( [Milan Vaishnav]( argues that threats to independent research undermine the government's ambitious higher-education goals. Politics & World Affairs [A Tech War Without Winners]( [Andrew Sheng]( and [Xiao Geng]( consider the dire economic and geopolitical implications of the escalating Sino-American rivalry. [PS. Register now for our upcoming live event at Climate Week NYC.]( 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.org](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from this list](