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Review of Thomas Orlik, China: The Bubble that Never Pops
Oxford University Press, May 2020. As much as China's crash has been predicted, someone needed to explain why it hasn't happened. And no one could be more credible in doing so than Tom Orlik who has...
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The Real Reason for China's Unbalanced Growth (Orlik Review Addendum)
This post follows up on my review of Tom Orlik's wonderful book "China: The Bubble that Never Pops". The book explains why constant predictions of China's economic collapse due to mounting debt and...
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PAST Virtual Conference of the Chinese Economists Society
When: 13-15 August 2020, 8:00am-1:50pm US Eastern Daylight Time (GMT–4) Announcement: here Registration Deadline: 31 July 2020 About 130 CES members, whose papers were accepted for the...
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PAST China Economics Summer Institute 2020
When: 22-24 August 2020, 8:30am-- Hong Kong time (GMT+8) Sponsors: Chinese University of Hong Kong & Tsinghua University Announcement: here The 13th China Economics Summer Institute (CESI) will be...
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On China As a Model for the Philippines (Fabella Review Addendum)
In the book Capitalism and Inclusion under Weak Institutions, reviewed in a previous post, author Raul Fabella points to a lack of social coherence in the Philippines as undermining economic progress...
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The Geography of Innovation in China
Co-authors: Fushu Luan; Ming He; and Donghyun Park This post draws on a paper presented at the Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting in a session sponsored by the American Committee on...
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PAST Webinar on How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China's Rise
When: 4 February 2021, 4:00pm US Pacific Time (GMT-8) Speaker: Scott Rozelle, Stanford University Sponsor: University of Southern California, US-China Institute Registration: here
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PAST Webinar on China's Domestic and External Economic Challenges
When: 29 January 2021, 10:00am Singapore time (GMT+8) Speaker: David Dollar, Brookings Institution Sponsor: National University of Singapore, East Asia Institution Registration: here
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PAST Webinar on The State Never Retreats: The Chinese Economy, 1995-2018
When: 28 January 2021, 3:30-5:00pm US Pacific Time (GMT-8) Speaker: Andrew Batson, Gavekal Dragonomics, Beijing, China Sponsor: University of Washington, Jackson School of International Studies Zoom...
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PAST Briefing on The Great Demographic Reversal: Ageing Societies, Waning...
When: 29 April 2021, 11:00am-noon US EDT (GMT-4) Speakers: Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan, Authors, The Great Demographic Reversal Sponsor: Global Interdependence Center Registration: here...
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PAST Webinar on The Global Division of Labor across Two Globalizations
When: 4 May 2021, 12:30-2:00pm US EDT (GMT-4) Speaker: Isabella M. Weber, University of Massachusetts Amherst Sponsor: The New School for Social Research, New York City Register: here...
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The Exchange Rate in East Asia's Macro Stabilization Policy: It's Not Just China
China has long gotten a bad rap on currency manipulation. The fact is, however, that China is no different from other East Asian economies when it comes to exchange rate management. The essence of the...
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PAST Book Launch: How China Escaped Shock Therapy
When: 27 May 2021, 2:00-3:30pm US EDT(GMT-4) Author: Isabella M. Weber, University of Massachusetts Amherst Commentators: James Galbraith, University of Texas Austin; Branko Milanovic, City...
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PAST Webinar on Internationalization of the Renminbi
When: 22 June 2021, 5:00pm Hong Kong Time (GMT+8) Speaker: Edwin L.C. Lai, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Sponsor: Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong Registration: here...
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Review of Isabella M. Weber, How China Escaped Shock Therapy
Routledge, May 2021. Isabella M. Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy” is a painstakingly researched but fundamentally flawed account of one key thread of the economic reform debates that took...
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PAST Webinar on China's Economic Rise: What Economists Expected and What Came...
When: 10 November 2021, 4:00pm US Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8) Speaker: Barry Naughton, University of California, San Diego Sponsor: University of Southern California, U.S.-China Institute...
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PAST Roundtable on "Is U.S.-China Conflict Unavoidable?"
When: 4 January 2022, 9:00-10:30am US EST (GMT-5) Sponsor: International Economic Association Moderator: Dani Rodrick Participants: John Mearsheimer (University of Chicago); Susan Thornton (Yale...
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PAST Webinar on Curbing Capitalism: How Is State Capitalism in China Changing?
When: 20 January 2022, 8:00-9:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8) Sponsor: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Speakers: Kellee Tsai, Xun Wu, Albert Park, Kairat Kelimbetov, Ruben Enikolopov...
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PAST Webinar on China's Rebalancing Amid Covid, Regulations, and Climate Goals
When: 7 April 2022, 1:00pm US Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7) Sponsor: University of California San Diego, 21st Century China Center Speakers: Helge Berger & Wenjie Chen, IMF; Barry Naughton, UC...
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Supply Chain Credit Risk under the Pandemic: Evidence from US Networks with...
Co-authors: John R. Birge; Zi'ang Wang; Jing Wu This post draws from a paper to be presented in the ACAES session on Asian Economies in Global Supply Chains at the 2023 Allied Social Science...
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