The Columbia Protests and the Economics of Divestment

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What would meeting the demands of pro-Palestinian protesters cost the university?

By Cameron Abadi, a deputy editor at Foreign Policy, and Adam Tooze, a columnist at Foreign Policy and director of the European Institute at Columbia University. Sign up for Adam's Chartbook newsletter here.

A protester wears the university's disciplinary warning covered over by support for Palestinians in Gaza at Columbia University in New York City.

A protester wears the university's disciplinary warning covered over by support for Palestinians in Gaza at Columbia University in New York City on April 29. Alex Kent/Getty Images

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Cameron Abadi

Cameron Abadi is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @CameronAbadi

Adam Tooze is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a history professor and the director of the European Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Chartbook, a newsletter on economics, geopolitics, and history. Twitter: @adam_tooze

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