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The 2024 Presidential Election in the US: Potential Impacts on Global Politics and Economics

Padraig Carmody, Paul S. Ciccantell
CESifo, Munich, 2024

EconPol Forum 25 (5), 41-47
  • The world is in a period of profound political and economic disruption
  • The outcome of the US presidential election has the potential to accelerate this or contribute to the construction of a reformed and more legitimate international order
  • How competition between the US and China is managed will be key to global stability and prosperity
  • Africa, Europe, and other world regions need to prepare for shocks wrought by a potential Trump victory
  • The stakes are very high for both the US and the world