PS Commentators' Best Reads in 2023, with Isabella M. Weber, Michael R. Strain, Teresa Ghilarducci, and more

Could Trump Be a Dictator? Sergei Guriev, Aziz Huq, Nicholas Reed Langen, and Michael Lind respond in a new PS Big Question. [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( DECEMBER 15, 2023 Project Syndicate commentators have again shared their favorite books from the past 12 months. Though there is a good balance of fiction and nonfiction, history and geopolitics, the present weighs heavily on this year's selection. [Read more]( Could Trump Be a Dictator? In a new PS Big Question, we ask Sergei Guriev, Aziz Huq, Nicholas Reed Langen, and Michael Lind whether US checks and balances can thwart Donald Trump’s authoritarian ambitions. [Read more]( [PS Commentators' Best Reads in 2023]( [PS Commentators' Best Reads in 2023]( with Isabella M. Weber, Daron Acemoglu, Nina L. Khrushcheva, and more Another year of global turmoil and uncertainty has prompted a search for answers in books from both the past year and previous decades. But as one new primer on the limits of rationality shows, a world that makes sense may be more than we can hope for. [Read more]( [PS Holiday Sale: Save $50 on any new subscription.]( [PS Big Question: Could Trump Be a Dictator?]( [Could Trump Be a Dictator?]( with Sergei Guriev, Aziz Huq, Nicholas Reed Langen, and Michael Lind During his first term in the White House, Donald Trump tested America’s constitutional system like no president before him. With Trump almost certain to clinch the Republican Party nomination for next year’s election, we asked PS commentators whether that system could hold him in check for another four years. [Read more]( [PS Longer Reads: The World Needs a Humble Approach to Central Banking]( [The World Needs a Humble Approach to Central Banking]( By Jacob Frenkel, Raghuram G. Rajan, and Axel A. Weber Central banks cannot solve all that ails our economies and should not be expected to solve problems that other actors can better address. Instead, central banks and their leaders should focus on three objectives: price stability, financial stability, and macroeconomic stability. [Read more]( [PS. Take a short survey and help us deliver the best possible experience to readers like you.]( [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](.