“The classroom and lab experience led by under-represented minorities is vital for our students, and Columbia should strive to provide such role models.” M. Victoria Murillo joins the conversation among Voices for Change.

Takatoshi Ito hopes that the $90bn endowment fund will allow Japan's universities to regain ground in the global rankings of top institutions.

A new paper by PhD student R. Daniel Bressler calculates how many future lives will be lost due to rising temperatures if humanity keeps producing greenhouse gas emissions at high rates.

Willem Buiter examines the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects on labor markets, and the spirited debate over whether the U.S. economy is close to returning to full potential — and what that means for inflation.

Scott Barrett argues that the accord, which depends on collective action, does not include the kinds of incentives and penalties that would ensure that countries do their part.

Joseph E. Stiglitz comments on economic plans.

In a Bloomberg Surveillance interview, Joseph E. Stiglitz discusses the influence of fiscal stimulus on U.S. economic growth and employment, outlook for inflation, and the American military drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Philip LaRocco expands on why the clean cooking sector needs a coherent strategy.

The spread of the Delta variant threatens America's progress in fighting COVID-19, raising the chance that schools will not fully reopen in the fall, writes Lincoln Mitchell.

In India, "recent expansion and reconfiguration of the council of ministers offers a fresh opportunity to accelerate and deepen structural reforms." Arvind Panagariya elaborates on the need for reform.