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Chang-Tai Hsieh

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Chang-Tai Hsieh is Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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  1. How America’s CHIPS Act Hurts Taiwan
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    How America’s CHIPS Act Hurts Taiwan

    Feb 26, 2024 Chang-Tai Hsieh, et al. worry that US inducements are luring the world’s top semiconductor manufacturer down a dead end.

  2. How America Should Support Taiwan
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    How America Should Support Taiwan

    Apr 12, 2023 Chang-Tai Hsieh & Jason Hsu explain how US efforts to on-shore semiconductor production are imperiling the island’s security.

  3. Taiwan’s Fatal Attractions
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    Taiwan’s Fatal Attractions

    Apr 1, 2022 Chang-Tai Hsieh thinks the island’s eagerness for diplomatic recognition is undermining its security.

  4. Bury the US-China Trade Agreement
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    Bury the US-China Trade Agreement

    Feb 16, 2022 Chang-Tai Hsieh thinks the failure to implement fully the 2020 “phase one” deal is cause for celebration.

  5. Countering Chinese Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive
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    Countering Chinese Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive

    Sep 15, 2021 Chang-Tai Hsieh argues that US economic strategy is failing to address the unique challenge posed by China.

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    Carbon Farming Won't Save the Planet

    Sophie Scherger warns that soil-storage offsets may serve as a smokescreen for polluting industries.
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    Putin’s March of Folly

    Carl Bildt argues that Russia’s president has only his own poor decisions to blame for his country’s loss of status.
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    A Better Approach to Climate Finance

    Ricardo Hausmann

    By harnessing the capabilities of developing countries, we can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities. This approach would not only advance crucial climate goals but also ensure that a larger share of the world’s population can enjoy the fruits of the clean-energy transition.

     shows how developing countries can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities.
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    Trump’s Bad COP

    Jayati Ghosh says the Paris climate agreement’s future depends on how other countries respond to the new US administration.
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    Are Tariffs Worth It?

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg thinks the risks and costs for the US will far outweigh any potential political or geopolitical benefits.
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    Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?

    Liane Schalatek warns that rich countries are once again shirking their responsibility to provide adequate climate finance.
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    How Global Public Investment Should Work

    Mariana Mazzucato & Jonathan Glennie

    Addressing problems like climate change and biodiversity loss calls for new thinking about how to mobilize the huge volume of financing that will be needed. International cooperation must be re-framed as a collective endeavor in which all countries benefit, contribute, and make investment decisions together.

     propose a new model to unlock financing for action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and other issues.
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    COP29 Must Deliver the Goods

    Ana Palacio hopes that geopolitical uncertainty will not thwart ambitious, credible climate-finance commitments.
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    Interspecies Money Is Here

    Nils Gilman & Mutesi Rusagara look beyond the first ever payments to animals and see a new model for human-wildlife economic collaboration.

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