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Stephen S. Roach

Stephen S. Roach

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Stephen S. Roach, a faculty member at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, is the author of Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China (Yale University Press, 2014) and the forthcoming Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives (Yale University Press, November 2022).

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  1. Stephen S. Roach on US monetary tightening, China’s growth sacrifice, the Sino-American rivalry, and more
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    Stephen S. Roach on US monetary tightening, China’s growth sacrifice, the Sino-American rivalry, and more

    Nov 1, 2022 Stephen S. Roach says the US Federal Reserve remains mired in the quicksand of excessive monetary accommodation, warns the Communist Party of China against “premature overreach,” proposes a three-pronged strategy for easing Sino-American tensions, and more.

  2. Xi’s Conflict-Prone China
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    Xi’s Conflict-Prone China

    Oct 24, 2022 Stephen S. Roach writes that the 20th Party Congress confirmed that national security will take precedence over economic growth.

  3. Core Dangers for the Fed and China
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    Core Dangers for the Fed and China

    Sep 27, 2022 Stephen S. Roach thinks the US central bank and Chinese governance share a conceptual weakness leading to major policy blunders.

  4. China’s Growth Sacrifice
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    China’s Growth Sacrifice

    Aug 23, 2022 Stephen S. Roach says that three factors have shaved nearly 3.5 percentage points from annual output gains since 2012.

  5. Deglobalization’s China Wild Card
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    Deglobalization’s China Wild Card

    Jul 25, 2022 Stephen S. Roach thinks the country that has benefited the most from global trade growth could now lose the most.

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    Is Germany Sick Again?

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    America's Silent Progressive Majority

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    Now that the American electorate appears to have rejected Republican extremism, many will argue that US President Joe Biden and the Democrats should tack right to capture centrist voters. But this would be a mistake, given where voters' preferences increasingly lie.

     considers what the midterm election results indicate about voters' real priorities.
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    Will the West Give in to Russia?

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    The Techno-Feudal Method to Musk’s Twitter Madness

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    The Case for Mandating Climate-Risk Disclosure

    Timothy Meyer, et al. defend the legal and economic justification for the US Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed new rule.

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