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Yi Fuxian

Yi Fuxian

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Yi Fuxian, a senior scientist in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the author of Big Country with an Empty Nest (China Development Press, 2013).

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  1. The Chinese Century Is Already Over
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    The Chinese Century Is Already Over

    Feb 22, 2023 Yi Fuxian traces the profound global implications of the country’s declining population and economic prospects.

  2. China Is Dying Out
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    China Is Dying Out

    Feb 14, 2023 Yi Fuxian foresees a humanitarian crisis by mid-century, owing to low fertility and rapid population aging.

  3. China’s Activist Shortage
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    China’s Activist Shortage

    Dec 6, 2022 Yi Fuxian argues that decades of strict family-planning policies have effectively precluded a pro-democracy movement.

  4. Leaked Data Show China’s Population Is Shrinking Fast
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    Leaked Data Show China’s Population Is Shrinking Fast

    Jul 27, 2022 Yi Fuxian uses obtained data from the Shanghai Police Department to clarify a perennially cloudy and contentious issue.

  5. Why Is the Uyghur Population Shrinking?
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    Why Is the Uyghur Population Shrinking?

    Jul 12, 2022 Yi Fuxian thinks China’s rulers will come to regret the consequences of the security crackdown in Xinjiang province.

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    Accounting for Casino Capitalism

    Hans-Werner Sinn draws parallels between recent bank collapses and the late-nineteenth-century “founders’ crash.”
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    Who Should Be Bailed Out Next?

    Simon Zadek urges rich-country governments to aid debt-distressed poor countries as urgently as they have their failing banks.
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    The Population Boon

    Beniamino Callegari & Per Espen Stoknes correct popular myths about the threat of demographic growth to sustainable development.
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    Where Is the Global South’s Rescue Brigade?

    Vera Songwe decries the unequal responses to liquidity crises in Silicon Valley compared to the developing world.
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    Beyond Industrial Policy

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Elizabeth Garlow

    The emerging breed of industrial policies, which emphasize production, fair wages, and localism, could serve as the basis for post-neoliberal economies. But to tackle the challenges of the twenty-first century and ensure a sustainable future, we need a policy framework that recognizes the value of human connection.

    make the case for an economic strategy that prioritizes shared prosperity over competition.
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    The Other Conflict on Europe’s Doorstep

    Anders Fogh Rasmussen warns that Azerbaijan may be preparing to renew its military aggression against neighboring Armenia.
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    Let the Banks Burn

    Yanis Varoufakis

    The banking system we take for granted is unfixable. The good news is that we no longer need to rely on any private, rent-seeking, socially destabilizing network of banks, at least not the way we have so far.

    shows why the current private system is unfixable – and why we don’t need to tolerate it anymore.
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    How China Benefits from Another US Banking Crisis

    Stephen S. Roach thinks America’s latest financial trouble will reinforce a narrative of terminal national decline.
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    Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy

    Orville Schell interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad.

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