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Xiao Geng

Xiao Geng

Writing for PS since 2012
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Xiao Geng, Chairman of the Hong Kong Institution for International Finance, is a professor and Director of the Institute of Policy and Practice at the Shenzhen Finance Institute at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

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  1. Reimagining Development
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    Reimagining Development

    Mar 21, 2023 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that grassroots engagement and social enterprise are crucial to achieving countries' aspirations.

  2. A Social-Enterprise Development Model
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    A Social-Enterprise Development Model

    Feb 27, 2023 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng advocate a bottom-up approach to tackling systemic problems like poverty and climate change.

  3. Everyone Loses in a Fractured World
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    Everyone Loses in a Fractured World

    Jan 30, 2023 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng warn that the global order's deepening East-West and North-South divides make us all poorer and less safe.

  4. The Fate of the Global Balance Sheet
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    The Fate of the Global Balance Sheet

    Dec 29, 2022 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng are not surprised that economic planners in China and elsewhere are preparing for a recession.

  5. QE with Chinese Characteristics?
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    QE with Chinese Characteristics?

    Nov 30, 2022 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng urge China to use monetary policy to tackle some of the biggest challenges it faces.

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    Tick TikTok Goes Globalization

    Kenneth Rogoff

    The bipartisan push to ban TikTok in the US reflects both the growing distrust of China and lawmakers’ limited understanding of the tech world. While there are legitimate national-security concerns associated with the platform, a US ban could end up accelerating deglobalization.

     thinks efforts to restrict American users’ access to the app are hypocritical and counterproductive.
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    To Reconstruct Turkey, Rebuild Its Democracy

    Daron Acemoglu & Cihat Tokgöz

    Turkey's massive death toll from the earthquakes in February attests to a much larger problem. From an overly powerful construction lobby and endemic corruption to the steady erosion of democratic institutions, it is clear that the country now needs a thorough political and economic transformation.

     think the country needs not just a new government but a broader economic and political transformation.
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    India’s Boom Is a Dangerous Myth

    Ashoka Mody dismantles the hype around a rosy economic narrative that is actually becoming bleaker by the day.
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    Halting the Authoritarian Drift

    Kaushik Basu considers the dynamics that lead political leaders down the road to tyranny, paranoia, and aggression.
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    Xi’s the Boss

    Nina L. Khrushcheva says the Chinese leader's recent visit to Moscow was intended, first and foremost, to show who is in charge.
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    Can “Cooperative Rivalry” Work?

    Jean Pisani-Ferry worries that America and China will be unable to find common ground on preserving the global commons.
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    The Fed’s Role in the Bank Failures

    Raghuram G. Rajan & Viral V. Acharya show how the US central bank's liquidity policies created the conditions for runs on uninsured deposits.
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    Policymakers Keep Solving the Wrong Banking Problem

    Andrés Velasco argues that recent market turmoil has revealed that the sector’s main vulnerability is unavoidable.
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    An Insolvency Iceberg?

    Takatoshi Ito considers the risk that other banks will experience liquidity problems as interest rates continue to rise.

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