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The International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights: Why a New Issuance is Necessary and Feasible at this Time, and Would Save Many Lives

Article Mark Weisbrot’s Columns

The International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights: Why a New Issuance is Necessary and Feasible at this Time, and Would Save Many Lives

The SDR issuance last year probably saved hundreds of thousands of lives, if we use, e.g., the Bank for International Settlements’ research on the relation between recessions and mortality. 

By Mark Weisbrot, Joe Sammut

(The Sacramento Bee) Trump’s Republican Party Is Still the Republican Party: You Should Worry About Your Social Security and Medicare

Article Mark Weisbrot’s Columns

(The Sacramento Bee) Trump’s Republican Party Is Still the Republican Party: You Should Worry About Your Social Security and Medicare

The Sacramento Bee: What is the Republican Party today? Any answer has to start with Donald Trump, who has a grip on the Republican Party that is perhaps unprecedented in the modern era.

By Mark Weisbrot

Image of Donald Trump at a podium campaigning in Georgia.
(Time) Why Biden Can’t Afford to Expand the War

Article Mark Weisbrot’s Columns

(Time) Why Biden Can’t Afford to Expand the War

Time: When a drone strike from an Iran-backed militia killed three US servicemembers and wounded at least 25 others in Jordan on January 28, pressure grew considerably for the White House to escalate US military involvement in the conflict in the Middle East.