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Shang-Jin Wei

Shang-Jin Wei

Writing for PS since 2015
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Shang-Jin Wei, a former chief economist at the Asian Development Bank, is Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. 

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  1. Trump’s Misguided Tariff Formula
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    Trump’s Misguided Tariff Formula

    Apr 9, 2025 Shang-Jin Wei criticizes the US administration's crude calculations, which disregard textbook macroeconomic principles.

  2. How to Counter Trump's Tariffs Productively?
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    How to Counter Trump's Tariffs Productively?

    Feb 14, 2025 Shang-Jin Wei proposes steps that allies and rivals alike can take to mitigate the effects of American trade policies.

  3. A Fiscally Low-Cost Solution to China’s Economic Challenges
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    A Fiscally Low-Cost Solution to China’s Economic Challenges

    Dec 5, 2024 Shang-Jin Wei outlines steps that policymakers can take to foster sustainable growth without increasing government debt.

  4. The Global Implications of China’s Stimulus Package
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    The Global Implications of China’s Stimulus Package

    Oct 3, 2024 Shang-Jin Wei explains why the country’s push to revive economic activity depends on boosting domestic demand.

  5. How to Reform the UN Security Council
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    How to Reform the UN Security Council

    Sep 30, 2024 Shang-Jin Wei proposes expanding its membership and limiting permanent members' veto power.

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    Will Qatari Gold Sink Netanyahu?

    Konstanty Gebert

    Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to fire the country's internal security chief has raised suspicions, given that the move comes just after the launch of an investigation into a new scandal involving his own aides. Israelis are right to worry that they could now be heading for a constitutional crisis.

     explains the latest scandal to hit Israel's increasingly illiberal, norm-breaking government.
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    The US and Russia Are Negotiating in Bad Faith

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for a highly favorable deal on the Ukraine war.
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    Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Demands More Than Competitiveness

    Marietje Schaake & Max von Thun warn that the European Union’s deregulatory push could undermine its autonomy and fundamental values.
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    How Should Africa Respond to Foreign-Aid Cuts?

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor touts the potential of foreign remittances to sustain public services as external support shrinks.
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    How Should China Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?

    Huang Yiping urges Chinese policymakers to fill the leadership vacuum created by America’s protectionist turn.
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    Who Will Drive the Post-American Global Economy?

    Jim O'Neill considers what other large economies can do to offset the effects of the Trump administration's trade warfare.
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    Health Is Wealth in a Geriatric World

    Hippolyte Fofack

    The Global South is increasingly at risk of growing old before becoming rich, which implies huge social and economic costs. To avert this outcome, the Hevolution Foundation, a nonprofit backed by the Saudi royal family, has begun to support research focused on lengthening healthspans – the period of life spent in good health.

     explains why increasing “healthspans” to match lifespans is a moral and economic imperative.
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    Europe’s Democrats Must Forge a Will to Fight

    Wojciech Przybylski & Goran Buldioski think European leaders' most urgent security task is to nurture citizens' resolve to defend their countries.
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    Governments Are Not Startups

    Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel explain why ongoing efforts to run the state like a business are doomed to fail.

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