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What a ride it's been, but page proofs are in! ✅ Made in China will be out in the world in March 2024!! Read more about the book here hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is… And find it here on Indie book finder bookshop.org/p/books/made-i… Also here, for those inclined amazon.co.uk/Made-China-Int…

A pivotal vote is underway in #Taiwan to choose a new president & the outcome will have far-reaching impact. I spoke with all 3 candidates about what’s at stake with #China, the U.S. & the potential for conflict. Our story from #Taipei for ⁦NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas⁩ ⁦NBC News⁩

Happy to see our WP w Shogo Sakabe and David Weinstein (so many years in the making!) out. We examine the role of codifying knowledge in the spread of the Industrial Revolution. A little thread. 1/N

10 Excellent Papers on Inequality 1) What is the Point of Equality? Elizabeth S Anderson A terrific exploration of egalitarian frameworks, critiquing "luck egalitarianism" in favour of her own "democratic equality" framework. Fantastic place to start. jstor.org/stable/10.1086…

My goal for those that don't like math yet:

Join us Wednesday, October 9 for our 5th World Bank - GWU Sustainable Cities workshop, examining government and private-led innovations & initiatives implemented in cities of developing countries to stimulate socio-economic growth. Register here: bit.ly/3ZeEkpk

I am glad to have a chance to join this fantastic presentation at Georgetown University University

10 Great Books on Trade and Globalisation (seems relevant) 1)The Globalisation Paradox- Dani Rodrik Great work on the nuances of globalisation. Recognizing its wide benefits, but also how tradeoffs: national self-determination, democracy and economic hyper globalisation conflict.

For anyone confused about the basic mechanics of tariffs here are my intro to trade policy slides from back when I taught high school economics:

TSMC was founded in 1987. But the Taiwan Relations Act became law in 1979, the Reagan Six Assurances were issued in 1982. The US maintained a deep relationship with the ROC for decades. The idea that the US interest in Taiwan starts and ends only with semiconductors is bananas.

Taiwan’s coastguard said it caught a Chinese-owned freighter in the act of cutting a subsea communications cable off its western coast on.ft.com/4bol38U

NVIDIA v. AMD v. Intel Here's a look at the growth of each company's data center business over the last 4 years. $NVDA $AMD $INTC

For those who still honor GE, the optimal macro import tariff is decreasing in the trade deficit:

In honor of President Donald J. Trump' historic trade action, USTR is spotlighting another 10 unfair trade practices faced by American exporters. 1/10: Over 100,000 Chinese-made American flags are sold every month on just one e-commerce platform alone, resulting in $2 million in lost sales for

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A permanent tariff reduces trade deficits if the Engel curves for aggregate imports and exports are convex, from Arnaud Costinot and Ivan Werning nber.org/papers/w33709