Milton Ezrati
Author
Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is “Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.”
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Beijing’s Yuan Ambitions Spark Some Seemingly Unrelated Policy Shifts
The urge to internationalize the yuan seems to have impelled Beijing to liberalize capital flows it had previously resisted.
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Beijing Tries—Yet Again—to Beef Up Household Spending
For years now, Beijing has committed itself to increasing consumer spending and failed each time. It looks like it will fail again.
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Trump’s New Round of Tariffs
Trump has come back from last winter’s adverse Supreme Court ruling to levy a new round of tariffs, aiming at China in a new way.
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Beijing Seems to Have Targeted Japan
While China and the United States vie for power globally, Beijing seems to have it in for Japan, and Tokyo has yet to responded fully.
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Beijing May Be Creating a New Bubble and Potentially a New Crisis
Directing China’s banks to follow political instead of commercial criteria invites a rerun of the property crisis, just in a different sector.
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Tech Self-Reliance Eludes Beijing
Beijing will have to jump very high hurdles indeed to achieve Chinese self-reliance in the production of critical semiconductors.
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Beijing Bows to Demographic Reality
Beijing has decided to change its hukou system of worker registration. Reform will help but not enough to meet all China’s needs.
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China’s Spring Export Surge May Not Be as Durable as It Appears
The April–May surge in China’s exports does not mean Beijing has beaten Trump’s tariffs. This strength will fade, but new aspects do promise durability.
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Beijing Demands Still More Economic Control
Beijing so fears technological competition that it has clamped down more than ever on outbound investments and overseas Chinese business arrangements.
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Financial Trouble Throughout China’s Provincial Governments
Local governments in China report financial problems that render them unable to meet their obligations to either their citizens or their residents.
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