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On-again-off-again tariffs have disrupted the global trading system and caused whiplash for businesses and consumers, writes Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy in the Dyson School at Cornell University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

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Kaushik Basu, Einaudi Center's Carl Marks Professor of International Studies, writes about the limitations of GDP as an indicator of economic well-being.

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Our “scholars under threat” initiative offered extensive support to help nine women get acclimated and to succeed at Cornell after escaping the Taliban.

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Queen Mary University of London and Cornell University have co-delivered the first joint Global Migration Spring School, held from 4 to 9 May at the Queen Mary Malta Campus in Gozo.

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The United Nations Secretary-General announced May 8 that Kaushik Basu, the Einaudi Center's Carl Marks Professor of International Studies will co-chair an independent “High-Level Expert Group” to develop recommendations for measures that complement or go beyond Gross Domestic Product. 

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In honor of our colleague Nicolas van de Walle (1957-2024), the Einaudi Center's Institute for African Development is cohosting a conference on African political economy.

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New Cornell research reveals that social media users with disabilities prefer more personalized content moderation powered by AI systems that not only hide harmful content but also summarize or categorize it by the specific type of hate expressed.

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A new study shows that when Indians and Americans used an AI writing assistant, their writing became more similar, mainly at the expense of Indian writing styles. Senior author on the paper Aditya Vashistha is funded by our Global Grand Challenge: The Future.

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Katie Fiorella is the director of the Cornell Migrations Program. On the LRC podcast, she discusses the policies and outcomes related to the movement of living things across borders, and how Migrations has evolved since 2020.

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A new archive of Venezuelan migrant testimonies is available to researchers at Cornell. An April 18 symposium hosted by Einaudi Center programs and the Cornell Library launched the collection.  

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