Yuen Yuen Ang
Yuen Yuen Ang, Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University, is the author of How China Escaped the Poverty Trap (Cornell University Press, 2016) and China’s Gilded Age (Cambridge University Press, 2020).
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Mismeasuring Corruption Lets Rich Countries Off the Hook
Mismeasuring Corruption Lets Rich Countries Off the Hook
Mar 22, 2024 Yuen Yuen Ang shows what conventional rankings get wrong, and proposes a better approach to measuring the problem.
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The Moral of the China Story
The Moral of the China Story
Dec 11, 2023 Yuen Yuen Ang explains why the world’s second-largest economy has gone from being a model to a warning in just six years.
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The False Choice Between Neoliberalism and Interventionism
The False Choice Between Neoliberalism and Interventionism
Apr 18, 2023 Yuen Yuen Ang calls on policymakers to think more creatively about how to accelerate economic development.
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Is China Back?
Is China Back?
Jan 17, 2023 Yuen Yuen Ang thinks the success of post-COVID economic reopening will prove short-lived without political reforms.
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Can Xi End China's Gilded Age?
Can Xi End China's Gilded Age?
Sep 21, 2021 Yuen Yuen Ang draws parallels between today’s China and America during its Gilded Age of wealth and corruption.
