Shashi Tharoor considers what the prime minister's record, both good and bad, says about the country's future.

In session three of the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit, Christopher Wylie calls for the implementation of product liability for AI firms and social-media platforms. #PSEvents bit.ly/4xXBxzu

Session three of the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit has begun, and @mariaressa.bsky.social is pulling no punches: social media is killing journalism and it is killing democracy. Click the link to watch now. #PSEvents bit.ly/4xXBxzu

In session three of the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit, Cori Crider argues that, rather than chase after the purveyors of misinformation on platforms that somebody else owns, authorities must open the space to build better alternatives. #PSEvents bit.ly/4xXBxzu

In session two of the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit, David Kardos argues that upholding media’s intellectual-property rights offers a superior—and more direct—means of closing financial gaps than European digital taxes. #PSEvents bit.ly/4xXBxzu

In session two of the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit, Alessandra Orofino describes a possible new model for journalism in the 21st century—and calls for serious digital creators to be afforded the same protections as the journalists with whom they work. #PSEvents bit.ly/4awawZX

In session two of the Meliore Foundation/PS Media & Democracy Summit, @veronikamunk.bsky.social advocates a more nimble approach to delivering the news, which accounts for how different social and demographic groups consume it. #PSEvents bit.ly/4awawZX

In session two of the Meliore Foundation/PS Media & Democracy Summit, Pierrick Judeaux points out that the erosion of media business models amounts to a market failure because market systems are not accounting for independent media’s true value. #PSEvents bit.ly/4awawZX

The Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit is live. Tune in now to hear remarks from Věra Jourová putting the challenges European free media faces into context. #PSEvents bit.ly/4awawZX

In session one of the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit, Mariya Gabriel argues that, while awareness of negative trends in media freedom is vital, so is learning from those who have fought back against repression. #PSEvents bit.ly/4awawZX

In the session one discussion at the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit, @julieposetti.bsky.social underscores how Big Tech is contributing to the erosion of free media and democracy more broadly. #PSEvents Watch live at the link. bit.ly/4awawZX

Mariana Mazzucato finds that growth in Europe has been constrained not by the price of labor but by the allocation of capital.

In the session one discussion at the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit—live now—Sevgil Musaeva shares the critical perspective of journalists working to safeguard independent media amid the Ukraine war. #PSEvents bit.ly/4awawZX

In session one of the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit—live now—Can Yeğinsu warns that pursuing new legislation every time a threat to independent media arises amounts to an unnecessary game of Whac-a-Mole. #PSEvents bit.ly/4awawZX

In his remarks at the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit—live now—Adam Michnik considers the nature and severity of the threats to democracy in Europe and the US today. #PSEvents bit.ly/4awawZX

Bertrand Badré opened the Meliore Foundation/PS Media & Democracy Summit by emphasizing the need to reinvent journalism to meet new challenges. #PSEvents Click the link to watch live. bit.ly/4awawZX

Last chance to join the event! At today’s Media & Democracy Summit, convened by PS and the Meliore Foundation, leading experts will examine the forces reshaping independent media—and consider what it will take to defend it. Join the livestream now. bit.ly/4awawZX #democracy #journalism #PSEvents

Jayati Ghosh explains how a voter-verification drive barred millions from participating in the recent state elections. mrf.lu/K9Ly

Hippolyte Fofack proposes a strategy for the continent to mobilize its domestic savings and deepen monetary integration.

Shlomo Ben-Ami sees Israel's attacks on Hezbollah jeopardizing the recent ceasefire and undermining its ties with the US. mrf.lu/K9Sy

Ngaire Woods argues that public faith in new technologies depends less on science than on credible oversight.

Adeel Malik & Jamal Ibrahim Haidar argue that durable peace in the region requires making the costs of violent conflict prohibitively high.

Carolyn Kissane shows how the Iran war has overturned one of the energy sector’s most important assumptions. mrf.lu/KRFz

"[Climate-displaced persons] rarely meet the definition of refugees under international law, falling into a legal gray area that makes it difficult to protect them from threats," says Senior Fellow Carlos Alvarado. @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...

Teresa Ghilarducci & Rick McGahey argue that wage-led growth should form the foundation of a coherent vision for America. mrf.lu/K1Zg

Angela Huyue Zhang identifies the competing US and Chinese strategies for AI sovereignty. mrf.lu/KZtc

Adam Michael Bauer & Gernot Wagner consider the strategic and economic similarities, namely massive upfront investments and labor-market shifts. mrf.lu/KRcy

Helena Malikova, Brianna Rock, and Anna Marchese explain how Silicon Valley giants are heading off potential competition without drawing antitrust scrutiny. mrf.lu/Kq_M

Don Aviv says that without a clear endgame to the US-Israeli war with Iran, Gulf countries will chart their own course. mrf.lu/K3FK

[email protected] points out that economic normalization still depends on four big issues that will be difficult to resolve. mrf.lu/Kj5t

Can Yeğinsu, @canyeginsu.bsky.social, Deputy Chair of the High Level Panel, joins the @projectsyndicate.bsky.social Media & Democracy Summit tomorrow, 2:30 PM CEST — on protecting journalists to report the truth. Register to watch the livestream here: events.project-syndicate.org/event/democr...

Sami Mahroum argues that AI is transforming the economics of expertise, separating independent thinkers from everyone else. mrf.lu/Kzp5

Todd G. Buchholz urges Kevin Warsh to remind Congress that monetary policy is not a fire extinguisher to battle their arson. mrf.lu/Kdgj

Dennis J. Snower urges G7 leaders to stop clinging to a broken order and start building coalitions suited to a multipolar age. mrf.lu/Kvjj

Thompson Ayodele cautions that expanding access to advanced treatments must not come at the expense of incentives for innovation.

Gabriela Ramos & Emilija Stojmenova Duh take aim at inadequate governance efforts focused on voluntary frameworks and industry self-assessments.

Brigitte Granville fears that the costs of a political backlash over free riders could outweigh any efficiency gains.

The erosion of American predominance, and the rise of China as a near-peer competitor, has shattered the delicate equilibrium on which the so-called rules-based international order rested, Benn Steil explains. bit.ly/4eER1ja

Bertrand Badré & Stéphane Voisin warn that the continent’s sustainability agenda—and even its core scientific values—may be compromised. mrf.lu/n9Nd

Stephen S. Roach laments that the government has paid little more than lip service to its greatest macroeconomic challenge.

Benn Steil examines how and why complex systems tend to generate contradictions that they cannot resolve.

Harold James sees promise in Eastern and Central Europeans' resistance to foreign encroachments in their national politics.

Guillermo Ortiz sees a direct link between the #Morena party’s efforts to consolidate power and recent ratings downgrades. mrf.lu/nXF8

Joseph H. Davis expects the technology to resemble electricity, benefiting the users more than initial providers.

Célestin Monga warns against using a demand-side remedy to treat a supply-side pathology. mrf.lu/nbL3

Keun Lee thinks that today’s new technologies could create opportunities for “leapfrogging” by developing economies.

Tanu M. Goyal & Shekhar Aiyar use India’s experience to show that multilateral lenders should focus on knowledge and technology transfers. mrf.lu/n8Lg

Joseph E. Stiglitz considers the long-run political and economic costs of the US president's thuggish cronyism.

Diane Coyle considers some of the lessons Andy Burnham should take with him to Downing Street.

Laura Carvalho & Guilherme Klein urge the government not to try managing negative sentiment at the expense of its structural reform agenda. mrf.lu/n360