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Yi Fuxian, a senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, spear-headed the movement against China’s one-child policy and is the author of Big Country with an Empty Nest (China Development Press, 2013), which went from being banned in China to ranking first in China Publishing Today’s 100 Best Books of 2013 in China.

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  1. Yi Fuxian on China's decision-making, economic prospects, demographic crisis, and more
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    Yi Fuxian on China's decision-making, economic prospects, demographic crisis, and more

    Jan 28, 2025 Yi Fuxian warns that China's government and mainstream analysts are still underestimating the severity of the country's demographic crisis, identifies some of the gravest policy mistakes Donald Trump's administration is at risk of making vis-a-vis China, explains why China’s middle class will never be strong enough to bring about a democratic transition, and more.

  2. Could Trump’s Tariffs Help Democratize China?
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    Could Trump’s Tariffs Help Democratize China?

    Jan 8, 2025 Yi Fuxian thinks that China will have to shift its focus from running trade surpluses to strengthening the middle class.

  3. China’s Pension Crisis Is Here
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    China’s Pension Crisis Is Here

    Oct 16, 2024 Yi Fuxian argues that the country’s efforts to mitigate the effects of rapid demographic aging are too little, too late.

  4. China Shuts Down Its International-Adoption Machine
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    China Shuts Down Its International-Adoption Machine

    Sep 13, 2024 Yi Fuxian welcomes the government's apparent recognition that a severe demographic crisis looms.

  5. The Rise and Coming Fall of Chinese Manufacturing
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    The Rise and Coming Fall of Chinese Manufacturing

    Aug 28, 2024 Yi Fuxian identifies four factors that will cripple a sector that long propelled the economy's growth and development.

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    When Companies Fail to Learn, They Learn to Fail

    Ricardo Hausmann explains how the inability to identify and address knowledge gaps can doom even the most promising projects.
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    How to Make Carbon Pricing Work for Africa

    Rim Berahab & Otaviano Canuto argue that policies must be structured to facilitate, not obstruct, the continent’s shift to renewables.
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    Green Free Trade in a Protectionist Age

    Ma Jun envisions regional arrangements that facilitate the exchange of climate-friendly goods and services.
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    Egypt’s Economic Crisis May Not Be Over

    Adnan Mazarei urges the international community to push for long-overdue governance and economic reforms.
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    Climate Displacement Is Also a Health Crisis

    Jayasree K. Iyer proposes a four-pronged strategy to ensure that essential medicines reach vulnerable populations.
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    Europe in Trump’s Crosshairs

    Kenneth Rogoff

    US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House represents a grave threat to Europe’s security, economy, and clean-energy transition. The European Union’s top priority must be to find ways to reduce energy prices, even if it means recalibrating some of its green policies.

     urges EU policymakers not to allow the new US administration to distract them from key policy priorities.
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    The New Washington Consensus

    Katharina Pistor

    If a picture is worth a thousand words, the image of Big Tech founders and CEOs filling the front row at Donald Trump’s inauguration is a manifesto. We have just watched private business take over the US government in broad daylight, and history suggests that this won’t end well.

     sees no daylight remaining between US private business and the federal government.
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    Economic Development after the Washington Consensus

    Karim El Aynaoui & Hinh T. Dinh propose a new policy framework adapted to an era that has rendered the prevailing growth model obsolete.
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    Yi Fuxian on China's decision-making, economic prospects, demographic crisis, and more

    Yi Fuxian warns that China's government and mainstream analysts are still underestimating the severity of the country's demographic crisis, identifies some of the gravest policy mistakes Donald Trump's administration is at risk of making vis-a-vis China, explains why China’s middle class will never be strong enough to bring about a democratic transition, and more.

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