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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. 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.

  2. Has China’s Economy Peaked?
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    Has China’s Economy Peaked?

    Jan 3, 2024 Zhang Jun notes that today’s key challenges are not new, and that the authorities have long been working to address them.

  3. How China Creates Its Own Market
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    How China Creates Its Own Market

    Oct 30, 2023 Zhang Jun explains why China must abandon its export-driven growth model once and for all.

  4. Why Hasn’t China Rushed to Bail Out Its Economy?
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    Why Hasn’t China Rushed to Bail Out Its Economy?

    Aug 28, 2023 Zhang Jun explains why the country has abandoned its aggressive macroeconomic strategy in favor of de-risking.

  5. Don’t Write Off China’s Economic Recovery
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    Don’t Write Off China’s Economic Recovery

    Jul 6, 2023 Zhang Jun thinks that a supportive policy package will go a long way toward reinvigorating long-term growth.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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