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Roach on China

14 commentaries

Stephen S. Roach, former Chief Economist at Morgan Stanley Asia, is among the world's most respected China analysts. In this selection of commentaries, written exclusively for Project Syndicate, he assesses how China can maintain rapid GDP growth and address its economic vulnerabilities.

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  1. Long Live China’s Slowdown
    ve1577c.jpg Chris Van Es

    Long Live China’s Slowdown

    Apr 27, 2013 Stephen S. Roach on China must embrace slower growth.

  2. China on the Move
    pa3444c.jpg Paul Lachine

    China on the Move

    Mar 29, 2013 Stephen S. Roach on China's new growth strategy.

  3. China’s Last Soft Landing?
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    China’s Last Soft Landing?

    Jan 29, 2013 Stephen S. Roach

  4. China’s Dream Team
    dr641c.jpg Dean Rohrer

    China’s Dream Team

    Nov 28, 2012 Stephen S. Roach

  5. China is Okay
    pa2304c.jpg Paul Lachine

    China is Okay

    Aug 29, 2012 Stephen S. Roach

  6. Asia Exposed
    cda67f0346f86f900c795f0c_m4688c.jpg Barrie Maguire

    Asia Exposed

    May 28, 2012 Stephen S. Roach

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    It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook

    Michele Gelfand points out that the best dealmakers strive for win-win outcomes, not zero-sum Pyrrhic victories.
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    America’s Last Chance to Lead in Fusion Energy

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    China Can’t Spend Its Way Out of Trouble

    Kenneth Rogoff

    China’s prolonged reliance on fiscal stimulus has distorted economic incentives, fueling a housing glut, a collapse in prices, and spiraling public debt. With further stimulus off the table, the only sustainable path is for the central government to relinquish more economic power to local governments and the private sector.

     argues that the country’s problems can be traced back to its response to the 2008 financial crisis.
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    This UN Debt Initiative Is Different

    Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. tout an Expert Group’s efforts to prevent a full-blown solvency crisis in developing countries.
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    What African Electrification Requires

    Fatih Birol & Alain Ebobissé highlight the need for greater private-sector participation to boost investments in power grids.
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    How World Order Changes

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    World order is a matter of degree: it varies over time, depending on technological, political, social, and ideological factors that can affect the global distribution of power and influence norms. It can be radically altered both by broader historical trends and by a single major power's blunders.

     examines the role of evolving power dynamics and norms in bringing about stable arrangements among states.
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    Israel’s Blind Spot

    Ian Buruma explains the lack of sympathy, even among the country’s many anti-war protesters, for Palestinian suffering.
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    Will AI Close or Widen the Development Gap?

    Shamika Sirimanne & Xiaolan Fu call for multilateral action and grassroots pressure to ensure that the technology serves all countries.
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    Don’t Let Governments Break Encryption

    Jessica Dickinson Goodman & Ezequiel Passeron Kitroser urge citizens and lawmakers to fight for the privacy that previous generations took for granted.

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