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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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    The Key to Universal Energy Access Is Green

    Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven & Francesco La Camera tout the transformative potential of distributed renewable energy systems.
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    Trumponomics’ Exorbitant Burden

    Raghuram G. Rajan

    According to the incoming chair of US President Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, America runs large trade deficits and struggles to compete in manufacturing because foreign demand for US financial assets has made the dollar too strong. It’s an argument that manages to be both logically incoherent and historically wrong.

    is unpersuaded by the argument made by presidential advisers for unilaterally restructuring global trade.
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    Trump, Bitcoin, and the Future of the Dollar

    Carla Norrlöf

    By launching new trade wars and ordering the creation of a Bitcoin reserve, Donald Trump is assuming that US trade partners will pay any price to maintain access to the American market. But if he is wrong about that, the dominance of the US dollar, and all the advantages it confers, could be lost indefinitely.

    doubts the US administration can preserve the greenback’s status while pursuing its trade and crypto policies.
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    Fear and Loathing in the Oval Office

    Nina L. Khrushcheva sees traces of Stalin and Mao in Donald Trump’s penchant for ritual humiliation of foe and friend alike.
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    Future-Proofing Social Protection

    Florian Juergens-Grant & Luca Pellerano explain why employers’ contributions should be determined by capital intensity, not just labor stock.
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    Diane Coyle on innovation, AI, economic data, and more

    Diane Coyle suggests ways to account for “free” digital services in economic frameworks, considers how to prevent the emergence of AI monopolies, warns that cutting funding for basic research is tantamount to destroying the US economy’s foundations, and more.
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    Long Weekends Forever

    Juliet B. Schor recognizes the technology's potential to facilitate a four-day workweek, benefiting workers and owners alike.
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    Overcoming the Sectarian Challenge to Democracy

    Tawakkol Karman explains what it will take to forge a sustainable political settlement in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East.
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    The World According to the Oligarchs

    Simon Johnson explains how techno-monopolists’ consolidation of political power in the United States will play out.

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