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Chen Long

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Chen Long, a former chief strategy officer at Ant Financial, is Director of Luohan Academy, Executive Provost of the Hupan School of Entrepreneurship, Chairman of Alibaba’s Research Council, and a member of the International Monetary Fund's FinTech Advisory Group.

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  1. Florida as a Developing Country
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    Florida as a Developing Country

    Jul 2, 2020 Michael Spence & Chen Long see a disturbing “pandemic economy” pattern emerging in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and some US states.

  2. Graphing the Pandemic Economy
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    Graphing the Pandemic Economy

    Jun 1, 2020 Michael Spence & Chen Long share data-driven insights about how individual countries and regions have fared so far.

  3. Mapping the Digital Economy in 2020
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    Mapping the Digital Economy in 2020

    Dec 6, 2019 Chen Long & Michael Spence identify essential areas of inquiry for determining how to manage cutting-edge technologies, from mobile Internet to blockchain.

  4. The Digital Key to Inclusive Growth
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    The Digital Key to Inclusive Growth

    Nov 29, 2018 Chen Long & Michael Spence highlight the potential of technologies like mobile payment platforms to boost poor economies and regions.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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