Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4hThe miracle of Taiwan’s economic, technological, and security resilience rests on its ability to build domestic consensus, which is exactly the asset that Donald Trump's policy is now jeopardizing, warn Syaru Shirley Lin, Caroline Fried, and Siwei Huang. bit.ly/4rekTZB 021
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 4hIran's leaders must not take their currently advantageous position for granted. The time to press their legitimate demands is now, former Turkish President Abdullah Gül argues. bit.ly/4jEU8vsbit.lyIran’s Moment of OpportunityAbdullah Gül thinks the country's leadership should use its current leverage to pursue peace and a new regional balance. 000
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21hThe UN General Assembly should do what it failed to do in 1991: formally examine the legality of the Russian Federation’s usurpation of the former Soviet Union's Security Council seat, Denys Shtilierman argues. bit.ly/4dWHT9Zbit.lyIs Russia’s Placement on the Security Council Legal?Denys Shtilierman argues that the country's claim to the seat once held by the Soviet Union is a legal fiction. 011
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23hWaiving fees on remittances into Nepal could put $126–144 million more in the hands of Nepali households displaced by the recent floods, @noiweala.bsky.social and Dilip Ratha explain. bit.ly/4dlScUQbit.lyTo Support Nepal, Waive Remittance FeesNgozi Okonjo-Iweala & Dilip Ratha explain how money-transfer companies and banks can support the post-flood recovery at minimal cost. 000
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Canada and Europe have an opportunity to demonstrate a new form of international cooperation. Bertrand Badré and Guillaume Klossa explain what it will take for their new partnership to succeed. bit.ly/4jFGiJjbit.lyWhat a Canada–Europe Alliance NeedsBertrand Badré & Guillaume Klossa make the case for public buy-in to sustain any strategic partnership through successive political cycles. 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A democratically elected Venezuelan government may reconsider the deals bringing American companies back into the country. The more money is at stake, the greater the incentive to avoid free elections, notes Cristina Ramirez. bit.ly/4AJAbddbit.lyTrump’s Great Oil HeistCristina Ramirez explains why the US administration’s resource grab in Venezuela all but rules out a democratic transition. 001
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026AI oversight cannot depend on governments taking tech companies at their word. Finland and Norway’s proposal to have independent experts verify what advanced AI systems can do is a step in the right direction, notes @gabriela-ramos.bsky.social. bit.ly/4hBUvo9bit.lyGlobal AI Oversight NowGabriela Ramos calls for a new international agency capable of setting standards and responding to emergencies. 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Investing in climate-resilient care systems would do more than help communities withstand climate shocks. It would also generate millions of new jobs, argue @brookings.edu’s Caren Grown and Kendall Trelegan. bit.ly/4hHYKywbit.lyClimate Resilience Starts With CareCaren Grown & Kendall Trelegan warn that governments are badly underestimating the costs of protecting communities from extreme weather. 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Protecting marine ecosystems and ocean systems may be a national and regional responsibility, but it is also in the rest of the world’s interest, Marie-May Jeremie reminds us. bit.ly/4hzJ5m9bit.lyConserving a Connected OceanMarie-May Jeremie warns that national efforts alone cannot protect systems that extend across and far beyond countries' borders. 001
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As Brazil prepares for general elections, we revisit Laura Carvalho and Guilherme Kleins’ examination of the country’s “vibecession,” which argues that easing economic anxiety requires more than winning the news cycle. bit.ly/4hqYsx8bit.lyBrazil’s Bad VibesLaura Carvalho & Guilherme Klein urge the government not to try managing negative sentiment at the expense of its structural reform agenda. 000
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Whereas America offers both state-level opportunities for experimentation and national markets for scaling up successful businesses, Europe does the opposite. It is the worst of both worlds, @carlbfrey.bsky.social observes. bit.ly/3THcscX 011
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Barring various tail risks, global economic growth should improve in 2027, and inflation should fall as productivity-enhancing technological innovations provide a strong tailwind for the global economy, Nouriel Roubini writes. bit.ly/4jAszDBbit.lyWhy Is the Global Economy So Resilient?Nouriel Roubini offers an explanation for the relatively benign global economic outlook, despite obvious risks. 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#InternationalDayofNonViolence is celebrated today, on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, who pioneered the philosophy and strategy of non-violence. In 2020, Shashi Tharoor reflected on Gandhi’s powerful approach to civil disobedience. bit.ly/4dAYdgHbit.lyRemembering the Forgotten GandhiShashi Tharoor wonders how many who claim to be inspired by the Mahatma have mastered the lessons of his life and thought. 020
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@carlbfrey.bsky.social calls for legislation to establish learning rights, akin to mineral rights or broadcasting rights. Each was created by statute when a newly valuable resource needed an owner before it could have a market. bit.ly/4hF1s7Z 001
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Stephen S. Roach (ssruschina.bsky.social) is not the first to bemoan the autocratic symbolism of political leaders’ vanity projects. But he thinks that there is something more vulgar about Donald Trump’s approach. bit.ly/4dxisvJproject-syndicate.orgTrump’s Vanity Summit With XiStephen S. Roach sees a lack of progress on major issues as a reflection of the US president’s belief that optics are power. 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Murray Hunt urges @andyburnham.bsky.social to use the UK's pending Hillsborough Law to help ordinary people understand that human-rights law is on their side. bit.ly/3VYjV84bit.lyHuman Rights and Populist WrongsMurray Hunt urges Andy Burnham to use the UK's pending Hillsborough Law to push back against nationalist narratives. 000
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thank you for your input. We are currently working on it! /PS 110
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Deep Dive: Privacy is here. In the first commentary of the collection, the Groundwork Collaborative’s @lindsayowens.bsky.social examines how firms, armed with vast troves of digital data, have turned pricing into a highly engineered science. bit.ly/4j1L5ol 132
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026No longer are words written and read solely by and for humans. Instead, text has become something more like a fossil fuel, a consumable for machines as much or more than a communicative medium for people, Matthew Kirschenbaum writes. bit.ly/4hEikf1 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026AI users are two to three times more likely to accept a wrong answer without checking it. Outsourcing thinking to machines carries a price we are only beginning to see, argue Harris Eyre, Lenny Mendonca, and Reming Tonar. bit.ly/4xVc5JTbit.lyInvesting in Brain HealthHarris Eyre, Lenny Mendonca and Remington Tonar make the case that policymakers should bet big on human cognitive capacity, regardless of AI’s future. 021
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Europe might consume progressively less oil and gas, but as long as it consumes any, outsourcing the ability to refine them merely increases dependence and thus vulnerability, warns Ana Palacio. bit.ly/46ScuBLbit.lyEurope Still Needs MoleculesAna Palacio points out that fossil fuels cannot be replaced immediately, nor can they be replaced only with electrons. 001
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026With risks to energy security becoming a fact of life, the question of how to build resilience has become urgent. Diego Hernandez Diaz, Luciano Di Fiori, and Tiago Devesa (McKinsey) advise countries and companies on a way forward. bit.ly/4xVu2Iibit.lyEnergy Security in an Age of DisruptionDiego Hernandez Diaz, Luciano Di Fiori and Tiago Devesa consider how countries, especially fiscally constrained emerging economies, can build “response capacity.” 000
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Emphasizing fiscal integration would help solve one of the fundamental weaknesses of ECOWAS / CEDEAO’s monetary-integration project: the lack of a robust mechanism to address asymmetric shocks, Fofack Hippolyte observes. bit.ly/3TunWQMbit.lyAfrica’s Common Currency-in-WaitingHippolyte Fofack explains why the Economic Community of West African States needs fiscal federalism before monetary integration. 001
Reposted by Project SyndicateAlberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Because neither the European Union nor Canada can disentangle itself from the American economy, both need the capacity to act when a US president becomes coercive. My latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/n2LnHuFprosyn.orgAn EU–Canada Partnership Against CoercionAlberto Alemanno explains how a new association agreement between the two US-dependent economies could work. 0136
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Reconciliation League, an international association of 13 colleges and universities, seeks to prepare the next generation of society’s leaders to engage constructively across different perspectives, Gordon Brown and John Sexton write. bit.ly/47vgmZvbit.lyLearning to ReconcileGordon Brown & John Sexton tout a new leadership program that will help counter the secular dogmatism dividing societies. 000
Reposted by Project SyndicateMohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As detailed in my latest PS column (link below), "two secular trends will shape finance in the years ahead, one powered from the bottom up by transformative technological innovations, and the other from the top down by geoeconomic influences. Managing each will require major... 1 of 2project-syndicate.orgThe Opposing Forces Reshaping Global FinanceMohamed A. El-Erian thinks the industry will be transformed by new technologies and the rise of zero-sum economic statecraft. 2123
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The race for general intelligence is ill-advised. It would be better for models to focus on clear domain-specific applications, with narrow tasks and metrics calibrated carefully to each, @dacemoglumit.bsky.social argues. bit.ly/4ACuLk0bit.lyDistorted Intelligence at the AI FrontierDaron Acemoglu offers a novel explanation for why OpenAI and Anthropic’s most advanced models have been going rogue. 010
Reposted by Project SyndicateAlberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Europe's offer of associate membership to Canada could serve EU integration more than the federalist dream, by renewing our understanding of interdependence in a post-Trump world. My latest for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e... 0149
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For most of the last three decades, the United Kingdom has recorded the lowest level of total public investment in the G7, a gap equivalent to roughly £500 billion in foregone investment, notes @mazzucatom.bsky.social. bit.ly/3VTvzRCbit.lyGood Growth Requires the Right Public FinanceMariana Mazzucato explains how state lending and investment bodies can be empowered to shape markets for the common good. 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The charge that @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu overture to Mark J. Carney lacks substance is hardly damning. After all, it was improvisation that brought the European Union into being in the first place, writes @alemanno.bsky.social. bit.ly/3VeYNucbit.lyAn EU–Canada Partnership Against CoercionAlberto Alemanno explains how a new association agreement between the two US-dependent economies could work. 065
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Although the old adage about “garbage in, garbage out” applies more than ever in an “agentic economy,” this framing could be dangerously simplistic, Shuwei Fang warns. bit.ly/4zmTmrV 000
Reposted by Project SyndicateReuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today's round-up marks World News Day, and includes articles and insights from around the world including the White House journalists still blocked and rebuked, and the BBC chief on its precarious future. Click to read, share and subscribe. www.linkedin.com/pulse/celebr...linkedin.comCelebrating World News DayPlus: White House journalists still blocked and rebuked | Nothing safe at the BBC | How newsrooms can prepare for disasters Journalism Today. 28 September 2026 Research | Reporting | Fellowships | Lea... 022
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One should not underestimate the structural and secular challenges facing finance. Notwithstanding digital technologies’ exciting potential to unlock new efficiency gains, companies will face many new uncertainties, @elerianm.bsky.social writes. bit.ly/3VkIgEUbit.lyThe Opposing Forces Reshaping Global FinanceMohamed A. El-Erian thinks the industry will be transformed by new technologies and the rise of zero-sum economic statecraft. 0113
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The purpose of social science is not to measure the world as it is, but to explain why it is that way and how it might be otherwise, points out @cacrisalves.bsky.social. When economics forgets this distinction, it risks becoming an obedient science. bit.ly/3VceyC4bit.lyThe Dismally Obedient ScienceCarolina Alves warns that empirical research in economics is displacing investigation of underlying causes. 021
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026While access to truthful reporting has long been considered a fundamental right, journalism’s traditional business model is breaking down. Join the World News Day movement and support your favorite news outlets. #WorldNewsDay #ChooseTrustedJournalism 011
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@jefffrankel.bsky.social (@harvard.edu) argues that US politics is broken not because of inequality, but because people believe different facts. bit.ly/4dYJ3Sibit.lyOligarchy Is a Symptom, Not a CauseJeffrey Frankel argues that US politics is broken not because of inequality, but because people believe different facts. 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In Saxony-Anhalt, the anti-immigrant AfD needs to win the support of another anti-immigrant party, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, which is led by a woman whose father came from Iran, Sławomir Sierakowski observes. bit.ly/46Ln5OLbit.lyThe Immigrants Leading the Anti-Immigrant Far RightSławomir Sierakowski emphasizes how many of those appealing to nativism and xenophobia are guilty of rank hypocrisy. 101
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The US is operating on the assumption that AI is the only tool available for fending off a financial crisis caused by excessive debt, even though mounting AI risks themselves contain the seeds of financial panic and disaster, notes Harold James. bit.ly/4z31AVTbit.lyThe Great AI GambleHarold James warns that the US and China have, for different reasons, embraced a dangerous zero-sum logic. 001
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Gordon Brown and Daron Acemoglu offer different diagnoses of democracy’s crisis, one centered on the erosion of community, the other on workers’ loss of power. Both show why the way back is anything but clear, argues LSE News’s Gene Frieda. bit.ly/3TjGrrh 001
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The new nationalism that is ascendant in both Germany and France represents an open betrayal of Europe, and a vote in favor of Russia, Joschka Fischer observes. bit.ly/47jXT20bit.lyThe Return of the German QuestionJoschka Fischer fears that the victory of the far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt could augur a nightmare scenario for Europe. 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Argentina and Ecuador illustrate how the austerity measures typically prescribed by IMF News not only weaken long-term development prospects, but also often fail to achieve financial stabilization, @ideadevecon.bsky.social's Martín Abeles writes. bit.ly/4hqaXrybit.lyThe Return of the IMF to Latin AmericaMartín Abeles warns that financial dependence and geopolitical alignment could become intertwined in the region. 012
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In a new PS Big Picture, @b-eichengreen.bsky.social, @gabbadraws.bsky.social, Angela Huyue Zhang, and others assess claims about the technology and consider what responses are warranted. bit.ly/4AwqdeS 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Nobody can win a race whose end no one can understand, and that includes the AI labs sprinting the hardest, @audreyt.org observes. bit.ly/3VdfOVp 000
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If the EU, the US, and China all liberalize trade with Mercosur, the bloc’s agricultural area may increase by 2–9%, finds @bardharstad.bsky.social. If the EU incorporates deforestation into a contingent trade agreement, however, this expansion would be avoided. bit.ly/4xzQk1Tbit.lyHow Trade Deals Can Save NatureBård Harstad argues that incorporating deforestation-linked tariffs could lead to more conservation and more trade. 001
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Political leaders, particularly in Europe, must wake up to the deteriorating situation in the Balkans, where nationalist tensions are high and still rising, @cbildt.bsky.social warns. bit.ly/3V96YIhbit.lyAlarm Bells in the BalkansCarl Bildt worries that recent political developments and rising ethno-nationalist tensions could prove destabilizing. 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Competitive markets reward successful firms and allow unsuccessful ones to fail. Keeping loss-making companies afloat under government control undermines that process, notes Anne O. Krueger. bit.ly/3TKf8Xebit.lyTrump’s 21st-Century MercantilismAnne O. Krueger warns that letting politicians pick corporate winners will make America poorer and ultimately less secure. 100
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@fordfoundation.org President @heathergerken.bsky.social set the stage for our latest event by noting that any discussion on how to reform the UN must begin with a different question: What kind of global governance the world will need in 2030 or 2050? bit.ly/4xzsK5B #PSEvents #UNGA 010
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As long as AI is used to eliminate wage labor while syphoning off profits from actual markets into our tech lords’ cloud rents, the economic value produced per worker will tank, writes @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social. bit.ly/4zeg3hVbit.lyThe AI Productivity DelusionYanis Varoufakis sees the technology converting markets into fiefs and profits into rents, ending capitalism as we know it. 032
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Since AI amplifies existing know-how, a country with a deep engineering talent pool and strong institutions can use it to accelerate domestic innovation, whereas a country lacking these assets risks becoming a permanent consumer, Mark Doumba writes. bit.ly/4dsW2LSbit.lyTechnological Leapfrogging in the AI AgeMark-Alexandre Doumba points out that development depends on building indigenous capacity, not mere access to imported innovations. 000
Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Investing more retirement savings in capital markets could provide innovative German firms with the long-term capital they need to scale and compete globally, explains @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social’s Ulrike Malmendier. bit.ly/4rs9dTabit.lyGermany’s Moment of ReckoningUlrike Malmendier warns that the country is trapped by its own success and urges policymakers to remove barriers to innovation. 000