Since the 1990s, Western companies have invested a fortune in the Chinese economy, and tens of thousands of Chinese students have studied in US and European universities or worked in Western companies. None of this made China more democratic, and now it is heading toward an economic showdown with the US.
argue that the strategy of economic engagement has failed to mitigate the Chinese regime’s behavior.
While Chicago School orthodoxy says that humans can’t beat markets, behavioral economists insist that it’s humans who make markets, which means that humans can strive to improve their functioning. Which claim you believe has important implications for both economic theory and financial regulation.
uses Nobel laureate Robert J. Shiller’s work to buttress the case for a behavioral approach to economics.
吉隆坡—为全世界接种疫苗对抗COVID-19是人类有史以来最为关键的非战时措施之一。许多国家制定了雄心勃勃、政治敏感、精心布局的接种计划,但成功的执行是一项挑战。要想取得成功,决策者应该在2021年及以后的接种计划中做三项现实的假设。
首先,延迟在所难免。2020年12月8日,世界首针COVID-19疫苗注射,两个多月过去了,疫苗迅速普及的希望正在许多国家消退。生产延误让欧盟威胁要采取法律行动和出口限制。有理由认为还会发生进一步延迟。
首先,制造瓶颈严重。企业必须扩大规模或改造工厂才能实现每年数十亿剂的产量,而不断延申的疫苗供应链也还在建设之中。比如,辉瑞/BioNTech和CureVac疫苗使用的是同一个供应商制造的脂质纳米粒。
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