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Supporters of Modern Monetary Theory say that some governments can easily cover the cost of large social programs such as health care for all and free college tuition by jettisoning conventional thinking about the role of debt and taxes in our economies. But is it really that simple?

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For the last several years, populist leaders have wreaked havoc on the institutions and norms that have underpinned the liberal world order. And their policies are increasingly placing the global economy at risk.

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From #MeToo to gender identity, the zeitgeist has never been more amenable to shattering stereotypes and correcting wrongs. Yet health care remains stuck in the past. Asha George, Chair of Health Systems Global, describes how discrimination in health systems can create dangerous gaps in care.

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More than three years after the United Kingdom voted by a razor-thin margin to leave the European Union, the same question remains: How? Now, with a deadline to exit looming at the end of October, can the UK’s new prime minister, leading “Leave” campaigner Boris Johnson, deliver Brexit?

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In last week's episode, we asked New America President Anne-Marie Slaughter whether a woman can win the 2020 US presidential election. During our conversation, we also talked about what foreign policy might look like under a first female president. That's this week's outtake.

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A record number of women have thrown their hats into the ring to be the Democratic nominee in the 2020 US presidential election. But with the party still reeling from Hillary Clinton’s devastating loss in 2016, many are asking, “Can a woman beat Donald Trump?” Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign and president and CEO of the think tank New America, joins our podcast to discuss.

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Although fair and free trade is one of the G20’s guiding principles, protectionism has re-emerged in many member states in recent years. Lawrence Summers, one of the G20’s architects, discusses the group’s evolution since it was established nearly 20 years ago, and some of the most pressing issues confronting it now.

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Last week, we spoke to Leta Hong Fincher about the evolving feminist movement in China, and how women could be the greatest threat to continued rule by the Chinese Communist Party. For our outtake this week, we look into one program that influenced women and families in China for nearly two generations: the one child policy.

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When Mao Zedong declared in 1968 that “women hold up half the sky,” many were taken aback. No one expected such a progressive stance from the Communist founder of the People's Republic. Today, however, rather than seeing women as a key driver of economic advancement, China’s leaders have been cracking down on the feminist movement. Leta Hong Fincher, a scholar on women in China, explains why.

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Over the last few weeks, Opinion Has It host Elmira Bayrasli sat down with three experts to discuss the legacy of the Tiananmen Square protests, 30 years after they were violently crushed by the Chinese Communist Party. That episode was published last week.

During the conversation with Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, Elmira asked about China's progress in the use of surveillance and tools of repression. Here's what Sophie had to say for this week's outtake.