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Jeongmin Seong

Jeongmin Seong

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Jeongmin Seong is a senior fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute in Shanghai.

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  1. What Is Driving Asia’s Technological Rise?
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    What Is Driving Asia’s Technological Rise?

    Dec 23, 2020 Jonathan Woetzel & Jeongmin Seong identify collaboration as the key factor in the region's transformation into a global tech powerhouse.

  2. The Asianized World Has Arrived
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    The Asianized World Has Arrived

    Oct 3, 2019 Jonathan Woetzel & Jeongmin Seong show how complementary groups of countries at varying stages of development are propelling the region's global rise.

  3. The Value of Global China
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    The Value of Global China

    Jul 9, 2019 Jonathan Woetzel & Jeongmin Seong show why the country should continue opening up to the world – and why the world should encourage it to do so.

  4. Could China Turn Inward?
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    Could China Turn Inward?

    Dec 24, 2018 Jeongmin Seong & Jonathan Woetzel point out that the country remains heavily reliant on global flows of trade, capital, and know-how.

  5. The Emerging World’s High Achievers
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    The Emerging World’s High Achievers

    Sep 18, 2018 Anu Madgavkar & Jeongmin Seong look at the factors that have enabled some economies to achieve particularly robust and consistent growth.

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    Why Have Developing Countries Soured on Multilateralism?

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg traces the roots of dissatisfaction to advanced economies' use of bodies like the World Trade Organization.
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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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