Danny Quah

Writing for PS since 2016
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Danny Quah is Li Ka Shing Professor of Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of The Global Economy's Shifting Centre of Gravity.

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The Geopolitics of Populism

The Geopolitics of Populism

Dec 9, 2016 Danny Quah & Kishore Mahbubani rebut the prevailing view that income inequality is the primary cause of recent electoral upheavals.

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The World’s Central Banker
Jul 2, 2014

Persuasively argued, as always. Yes, under hegemonic stability theory, Kindleberger wrote convincingly how in the 1930s the world needed the US to be global hegemon but that the US was reluctant to serve. And, yes, the world today again needs benevolent global leadership. But perhaps now it is US incapacity rather than reluctance that keeps it from global hegemony. http://dannyquah.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/it-is-not-easy-being-leader-of-the-world/

The Economic Consequences of Automation

Robert Skidelsky

Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart

There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.

Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown

Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.

Danny Quah

The Geopolitics of Populism

The World’s Central Banker

Asia’s Multilateral Balancing Act

The Economic Consequences of Automation

The Return of Fiscal Policy

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Can Direct Democracy Defeat Populism?

Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration

Islands of Climate Ambition

Brexit House of Cards

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