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Reimagining Political Economy Without “Yanking on a Thread Before It’s Ready”

Political economy builds coherent narratives–both descriptive and normative–connecting people’s economic pursuits, their political lives, and their social realities. But existing paradigms have largely run their course and failed to address lingering problems. The world urgently needs fresh thinking about political economy.

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By Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
Published on Feb 27, 2023

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Tino Cuellar
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar

Former Carnegie President (2021-2026)

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar was previously the tenth president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A former justice of the Supreme Court of California, he has served three U.S. presidential administrations at the White House and in federal agencies, and was the Stanley Morrison Professor at Stanford University, where he held appointments in law, political science, and international affairs and led the university’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

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    Federal Accountability and the Power of the States in a Changing America
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    Prevention Beats Nonproliferation: Addressing the Risks of Mirror Life
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      Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, Corey Hinderstein, David Relman

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
Former Carnegie President (2021-2026)
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
Foreign Policy

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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