Yuen Yuen Ang
Yuen Yuen Ang, Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University, is the author of How China Escaped the Poverty Trap (Cornell University Press, 2016) and China’s Gilded Age (Cambridge University Press, 2020).
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China’s Economic Paradox
Free to readChina’s Economic Paradox
Sep 4, 2024 Yuen Yuen Ang explains a seemingly contradictory trajectory characterized by a high-tech boom and stagnating growth.
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How Exceptional Is China’s Crony-Capitalist Boom?
How Exceptional Is China’s Crony-Capitalist Boom?
May 10, 2024 Yuen Yuen Ang explains how corruption both drove the country's GDP growth and sowed the seeds for its current economic problems.
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Mismeasuring Corruption Lets Rich Countries Off the Hook
Mismeasuring Corruption Lets Rich Countries Off the Hook
Mar 22, 2024 Yuen Yuen Ang shows what conventional rankings get wrong, and proposes a better approach to measuring the problem.
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The Moral of the China Story
The Moral of the China Story
Dec 11, 2023 Yuen Yuen Ang explains why the world’s second-largest economy has gone from being a model to a warning in just six years.
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The False Choice Between Neoliberalism and Interventionism
The False Choice Between Neoliberalism and Interventionism
Apr 18, 2023 Yuen Yuen Ang calls on policymakers to think more creatively about how to accelerate economic development.
