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Keun Lee

Keun Lee

Writing for PS since 2021
20 commentaries

Keun Lee, a former vice chair of the National Economic Advisory Council for the President of South Korea, is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Seoul National University, a fellow at CIFAR, an editor at Research Policy, and the author, most recently, of Innovation-Development Detours for Latecomers: Managing Global-Local Interfaces in the De-Globalization Era (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

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  1. The Chip War Turns Two
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    The Chip War Turns Two

    Oct 31, 2024 Keun Lee assesses US efforts to achieve microchip self-sufficiency and impede China’s effort to do the same.

  2. India Needs More Big Businesses
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    India Needs More Big Businesses

    Aug 30, 2024 Keun Lee considers what it would take for the country to become an economic superpower on par with China.

  3. How South Korea Broke the Development Mold
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    How South Korea Broke the Development Mold

    Jun 28, 2024 Keun Lee attributes the country's economic success to the government's willingness to stray from prescribed orthodoxy.

  4. What Fiscally Sound Industrial Policy Can Do
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    What Fiscally Sound Industrial Policy Can Do

    May 2, 2024 Keun Lee highlights three tools that can support domestic-market growth and development without breaking the bank.

  5. Making the Most of FDI
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    Making the Most of FDI

    Feb 22, 2024 Keun Lee considers what it takes to convert foreign investment into growth, development, and technological upgrading.

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    A Fiscally Low-Cost Solution to China’s Economic Challenges

    Shang-Jin Wei outlines steps that policymakers can take to foster sustainable growth without increasing government debt.
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    Can Von Der Leyen Build an Inclusive Center?

    Hugo Drochon considers how the European Commission president can keep the far right at bay during her second mandate.
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    The Second Glass Ceiling for Women

    Xianghong Wang urges the Chinese government to end its gender-specific mandatory retirement policy and adopt a flexible system.
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    Bangladesh’s Descent into Islamist Violence

    Brahma Chellaney fears what will happen to Asian security if the country's interim government remains on its current path.
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    The Dollar Diplomacy We Need

    Andrew Gallucci explains how America and its allies can counter their rivals’ currency ambitions.
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    Why Bidenomics Did Not Deliver at the Polls

    Dani Rodrik

    By focusing so much on manufacturing, old-style union power and worker organizations, and geopolitical competition with China, the Biden administration paid too little attention to the changing structure of the economy and the interests of the new working class. It had the right intentions, but the wrong strategy.

    thinks the Democrats were right to embrace economic populism, but neglected to update it for this century.
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    Anticipating Trump’s Foreign Policy

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    Even if predictions based on campaign statements and cabinet appointments leave us uncertain about how Donald Trump will approach big foreign-policy issues, we can still situate his worldview in a longer-running US tradition. After all, he is hardly the first politician to proclaim “America First.”

    considers what can be gleaned from the president-elect’s past statements, recent appointments, and US history.
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    What the G20 Can Do for Africa’s Energy Agenda

    Samia Suluhu Hassan explains how climate finance could unleash the continent's economic potential.
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    The Key to Africa’s Vaccine Sovereignty

    Nana Akufo-Addo urges donor governments to build on successful efforts to boost immunization across the continent.

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