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Keyu Jin

Keyu Jin

Writing for PS since 2012
26 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Keyu Jin, Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and the author of The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism (Viking, 2023).

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  1. Turning Trump’s Tariffs Into China’s Opportunity
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    Turning Trump’s Tariffs Into China’s Opportunity

    Dec 18, 2024 Keyu Jin shows how the country has been reorienting and even expanding its global economic footprint.

  2. Keyu Jin on Chinese regulation, innovation, finance, and more
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    Keyu Jin on Chinese regulation, innovation, finance, and more

    May 23, 2023 Keyu Jin laments the loss of private-sector confidence in China, shows why the country could take the lead in cutting-edge technologies, addresses misconceptions about its economic model, and more.

  3. America Is Fueling Chinese Techno-Nationalism
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    America Is Fueling Chinese Techno-Nationalism

    Feb 24, 2022 Keyu Jin thinks the Biden administration should be careful what it wishes for as it adds to the US Entity List.

  4. China Bets on Common Prosperity
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    China Bets on Common Prosperity

    Dec 4, 2021 Keyu Jin explains the logic of the country's new vision for economic development – and what critics get wrong about it.

  5. The Shape of China’s Recovery

    The Shape of China’s Recovery

    Jan 25, 2021 Keyu Jin identifies three areas of concern in an otherwise prudent and well-crafted economic-policy strategy.

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    Europe, United, Will Never Be Defeated!

    Bartosz Węglarczyk identifies the main obstacle to the development of an effective defense strategy in the absence of US support.
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    Why Is Trump Undermining the US Economy?

    Michael R. Strain

    Although Donald Trump got off to a good start, with equity prices hitting all-time highs in anticipation of pro-growth policies, investor confidence has vanished, tanking the stock market. With the president deliberately undermining the foundations of US prosperity, one must ask why he is doing it, and what could stop him.

    offers three explanations for a set of policies that have sent investor confidence into a tailspin.
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    How to Lose a Decade

    Erik Berglöf & Nahom Ghebrihiwet warns that a trade war will harm economic growth and decarbonization, with developing countries hit hardest.
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    Will Trump’s Tariffs Derail India’s Economy?

    Shashi Tharoor

    The US administration’s plan to impose “reciprocal” import tariffs could severely curtail key Indian exports, including chemicals, metals, auto parts, and pharmaceuticals, leading to job losses and undermining fiscal stability. India has little choice but to lower its own tariffs while negotiating improved access to the US market.

    urges policymakers to brace for the impact – known and unknown – of the US administration’s trade policies.
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    Countering Trump’s Politics of Fear

    Koichi Hamada calls for a new set of policies that responds to, rather than dismisses, US voters’ legitimate fears.
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    Where Are the Democrats?

    Reed Galen lambasts the party for sitting by and watching America implode, in the misguided hope of winning the midterms.
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    Signs of a US Recession

    Dambisa Moyo catalogues several indicators suggesting that the world's largest economy is headed for a slump.
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    Trump’s Trade War

    Less than two months into his second presidency, Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on America’s three largest trading partners, with much more to come. This strategy not only lacks any credible theoretical foundations; it is putting the US on a path toward irrevocable economic and geopolitical decline.

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    Why Frugal AI Alone Won’t Fix AI’s Energy Problem

    Boris Ruf explains why shifting the responsibility for reducing AI’s carbon footprint to end users is counterproductive.

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