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Is China Falling?

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Uncertainty about China’s economy is roiling financial markets worldwide. But just how serious is the threat to China’s long-term prospects and to global economic stability?

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  1. China’s Political Interventions
    China market collapse Hitoshi Yamada/ZumaPress

    China’s Political Interventions

    Aug 28, 2015 Koichi Hamada explains why a highly managed economy can produce more instability than a free one.

  2. What Should China Do?
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    What Should China Do?

    Aug 26, 2015 Michael J. Boskin underscores the danger to long-term stability implied by reversion to state control of the economy.

  3. China’s Complexity Problem
    Communist Party of China leaders Ma Zhancheng/ZumaPress

    China’s Complexity Problem

    Aug 25, 2015 Stephen S. Roach asks whether the country's leaders are juggling too many policy objectives.

  4. The New “Two Chinas” Question
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    The New “Two Chinas” Question

    Aug 21, 2015 Richard Haass identifies choices confronting the country's leaders that are as difficult as they are unavoidable.

  5. China’s Debt Termites
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    China’s Debt Termites

    Aug 19, 2015 Gene Frieda highlights the risk that local government liabilities pose to the Chinese economy.

  6. The Value of China’s Devaluation
    China gold army statue Benjamin Jakabek/Flickr

    The Value of China’s Devaluation

    Aug 19, 2015 Benjamin J. Cohen concludes that China's long-term strategy for its currency remains on track.

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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

    PS editors

    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

    ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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