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Andrew Sheng

Andrew Sheng

Writing for PS since 2011
145 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Andrew Sheng is a distinguished fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong.

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  1. A Stablecoin Pilot in China?
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    A Stablecoin Pilot in China?

    Feb 27, 2024 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng see an opportunity in Hong Kong’s efforts to establish a regulatory regime for issuers of the cryptoasset.

  2. China’s Energy Dilemma
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    China’s Energy Dilemma

    Jan 31, 2024 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng urge the country’s leaders to respond to rising global energy prices by fighting deflation at home.

  3. The Future of China’s Financial System
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    The Future of China’s Financial System

    Nov 29, 2023 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng assess the outcome of the country’s first Central Financial Work Conference in six years.

  4. The Promise of China’s Sustainable-Development Path
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    The Promise of China’s Sustainable-Development Path

    Oct 31, 2023 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng explain why the country has been one of the few to make consistent progress toward the 2030 global goals.

  5. Lower Transaction Costs for Greater Innovation
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    Lower Transaction Costs for Greater Innovation

    Sep 26, 2023 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng highlight the link between access to global markets and investment in research and development.

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    The Global Economy’s Biggest Untapped Resource

    At the current rate of progress, it will take about 300 years to end child marriage, 286 years to deliver full gender equality under the law, and 140 years to achieve equal representation in leadership positions in the workplace, the United Nations reports. This moral failure is compounded by its enormous opportunity cost: a massive improvement in human welfare.

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    Does Religious Freedom Trump Animal Welfare?

    Peter Singer assesses the European Court of Human Rights’ recent ruling on Belgian legislation regarding how meat may be produced.
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    Climate Leadership from the Global South

    Omar Andrés Camacho & Soipan Tuya tout the progress Colombia and Kenya have made in advancing the clean-energy transition.
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    The Mystery of US Interest Rates

    J. Bradford DeLong asks why market rates and expectations are far from what almost anyone would have anticipated five years ago.
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    India’s Poor Will Not Be Wished Away

    Ashoka Mody highlights the authorities’ ongoing failure to provide an accurate picture of growing economic hardship.
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    How Wide Are Latin America’s Health Inequalities?

    Dolores de la Mata outlines how the poorest and least educated are bearing the brunt of the region’s disease burden.
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    The Biden Administration vs. Climate Youth

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    The judicial system is an important mechanism through which the public can hold elected leaders accountable; and for children who cannot yet vote, it is one of the only options. That makes the Biden administration's tenacious efforts to block a climate lawsuit filed by youth activists all the more galling.

    decries US efforts to block a lawsuit demanding that policymakers consider emissions in their decisions.
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    Indian Democracy’s Moment of Truth

    Shashi Tharoor warns that the ruling BJP will do everything it can to curtail dissent ahead of this year's general election.
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    The Anatomy of the Biden-Trump Rematch

    Michael J. Boskin surveys the complicated mix of economic and other issues that will likely decide the 2024 election.

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