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.
发自剑桥——过去这三个星期中,在全球治理层面出现一个惊人的角色逆转。一方面,身为全球国际合作长期领导者的美国开始释放出某种单边主义的行动纲领,并在世界许多国家心中引发了恐惧。另一方面,对这类多边主义长期保持沉默的中国却承诺要维护——甚至领导——国际合作。
自从1月份就职以来,特朗普总统成功地对美国的全球角色造成了重大破坏。他让美国撤出跨太平洋伙伴关系协议,并重新设置了以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突谈判的参数。在对华关系方面,他不仅威胁要征收关税,而且还可能推翻他前任共和党和民主党总统几十年来一贯秉承的“一个中国”政策。
特朗普还签署了多项行政命令,其中包括禁止7个穆斯林占多数国家的国民进入美国以及在墨西哥边界上修建隔离墙。他的团队还起草了另外一些行政命令,要减少甚至终止对国际组织的资助并退出各项多边条约。
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