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In this issue:
01 THE EDITORIAL The Editor introduces a special issue on international tax reforms and climate policies
02 LETTER FROM AMERICA Daron Acemoglu explains why economists should approach climate policy differently
05 CORPORATE TAX Michael P. Devereux writes about fundamental reforms to the international regime for corporate tax
08 PROFILE A profile of Sir Richard Blundell covers his upbringing and figures he admires, not least Miles Davis
10 BORDER CARBON ADJUSTMENT Michael Keen explains why this has gone from a theoretical curiosum to increasing prominence
12 MONT PELERIN SOCIETY Bruce Caldwell looks back to the founding event
14 COVID AND LMICS Edward Miguel and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak on the pandemic and possible strategies
18 CAREER STRUCTURES Oriana Bandiera and Imran Rasul describe a new initiative on career structures
20 THE WOMEN’S COMMITTEE The past and present of the mentoring programme for early-career female economists
22 OBITUARY An obituary for Geoff Harcourt, prepared by Peter Kriesler
25 THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL A brief look back at a year in the life of the Economic Journal
26 NEWS AND EVENTS Various items, including this year’s RES Conference
28 FROM THE ARCHIVE An earlier piece on corporate tax