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Zhang Jun

Zhang Jun

Writing for PS since 2005
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Zhang Jun, Dean of the School of Economics at Fudan University, is Director of the China Center for Economic Studies, a Shanghai-based think tank.

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  1. China’s Fast-Changing Economic Adjustments
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    China’s Fast-Changing Economic Adjustments

    Dec 10, 2024 Zhang Jun outlines policymakers' task as the country's growth model confronts new sources of uncertainty.

  2. China’s Commitment to Constant Adaptation and Structural Transformation
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    China’s Commitment to Constant Adaptation and Structural Transformation

    Sep 17, 2024 Zhang Jun explains why the government insists on combining efforts to expand domestic demand with supply-side reforms.

  3. Why Is China’s Consumption Rate So Low?
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    Why Is China’s Consumption Rate So Low?

    Jul 15, 2024 Zhang Jun thinks Chinese households are spending more than official data indicate, but that more support is needed.

  4. Why China Provides Evidence for Optimists and Pessimists Alike
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    Why China Provides Evidence for Optimists and Pessimists Alike

    May 8, 2024 Zhang Jun explains why rigorous, evidence-based assessments of the economy's performance can diverge sharply.

  5. Understanding China’s Political Economy
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    Understanding China’s Political Economy

    Mar 11, 2024 Zhang Jun & Tomas Casas-Klett consider whether the factors that have led to today's prosperity also contain the seeds of decline.

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    Europe Confronts the Ghosts of History

    Shlomo Ben-Ami highlights just how profound a transformation European – especially German – rearmament represents.
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    Trump’s Self-Inflicted Trade Disaster

    Kaushik Basu

    US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs have triggered a wave of retaliatory measures, setting off a trade war with key partners and raising fears of a global downturn. But while Trump’s protectionism and erratic policy shifts could have far-reaching implications, the greatest victim is likely to be the United States itself.

    warns that the new administration’s protectionism resembles the strategy many developing countries once tried.
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    The End of Germany’s Economic Delusions?

    Katharina Pistor welcomes the apparent departure from two policy taboos that have strangled the country's investment.
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    The Fed, the Fund, and the Bank in Trump’s Crosshairs

    Barry Eichengreen

    Unlike during his first term, US President Donald Trump no longer seems to care if his policies wreak havoc in financial markets. This time around, Trump seems to be obsessed with his radical approach to institutional deconstruction, which includes targeting the Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.

    explains why the US president’s second administration, unlike his first, is targeting all three.
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    Europe Can Easily Safeguard Ukraine

    Daniel Gros points out that the EU, the UK, and Norway have all they need to keep Russia at bay, without help from the US.
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    Toward a North American Economic Union

    Nouriel Roubini explains why Canada, Mexico, and the United States should pursue EU-style integration.
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    Why Global Governance Is Failing

    Antara Haldar argues that we need to look beyond the nation-state to develop a more “planetary” mode of thinking.
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    Europe Must Break Free from Its Digital Dependence

    Cristina Caffarra highlights a new push to bolster the EU’s technological capabilities and achieve strategic autonomy.
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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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