Jonathan Woetzel

Writing for PS since 2014
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Jonathan Woetzel is a McKinsey senior partner, a director of the McKinsey Global Institute, and co-author of No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends.

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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.

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China, the Digital Giant
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China, the Digital Giant

Dec 4, 2017 Kai-fu Lee & Jonathan Woetzel anticipate the next steps in the country's transition to a new echelon of global competitiveness.

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China’s Renewable-Energy Revolution
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China’s Renewable-Energy Revolution

Aug 21, 2017 Jiang Kejun & Jonathan Woetzel see the country becoming an economic and technological leader in a changing global resource sector.

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The Migrant Boon
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The Migrant Boon

Apr 7, 2017 Ian Goldin & Jonathan Woetzel dispel the myth that immigrants impose a heavy economic burden on destination countries.

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China’s $5 Trillion Opportunity

China’s $5 Trillion Opportunity

Apr 19, 2016 Fred Hu & Jonathan Woetzel highlight the economy's massive scope for productivity gains.

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The Lost Spirit of the G20

Javier Solana

As Japan prepares to host its first G20 leaders’ summit later this month, little remains of the open and cooperative spirit that marked the first such gathering in 2008. But although the United States will most likely continue its protectionist drift, other G20 countries should use the occasion to make a clear case for free trade.

The Experts We Need

Andrés Velasco

Policy gurus spend too much time with others like them – top civil servants, high-flying journalists, successful businesspeople – and too little time with ordinary voters. If they could become “humble, competent people on a level with dentists,” as John Maynard Keynes once suggested, voters might identify with them and find them trustworthy.

Don’t Feed the Donald

Shlomo Ben-Ami

For Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeasing US President Donald Trump is not so much a choice as a necessity: he must prove to Japan’s people and their neighbors, particularly the Chinese, that he knows how to keep Trump on his side. But Abe's strategy won't work with a US administration as fickle and self-serving as Trump’s.