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Ian Buruma

Ian Buruma

Writing for PS since 2001
172 commentaries

Ian Buruma is the author of numerous books, including Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance, Year Zero: A History of 1945, A Tokyo Romance: A Memoir, and, most recently, The Churchill Complex: The Curse of Being Special, From Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit.

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    The Two Sides of Chinese GDP

    Nancy Qian

    Many economists care more about China’s per capita GDP, or income per person, than the aggregate measure. The key takeaway is that China remains a poor country, despite its phenomenal headline economic growth over the past four decades.

     argues that the media's focus on aggregate income obscures how poor the country remains.
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    Biden’s First Hundred Days

    Richard N. Haass

    Former President Donald Trump's attacks on free trade and immigration, narrow “America First” view of the world, and bias toward retrenchment have become part of the US political fabric. As Joe Biden's first hundred days in office have shown, the one thing American presidents cannot control is the context in which they operate.

     sees more continuity with the Trump administration's foreign policy than meets the eye.
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