Economics
The Abandoned Order
Learning to live in a post-American world.
How China Found Its Most Potent Weapon
The real history of Beijing’s rare-earth dominance.
The Cost of Keeping China Out
How Washington’s fear of Chinese investment hurts American competitiveness.
The Next Global Economic Crisis Could Be Made in China
How overcapacity ends.
China’s Hunger Games
How Beijing turned its food insecurity into geopolitical leverage.
The AI Growth Paradox
Why high productivity could still lead to a crash.
The Path to Development in a Post-Aid World
How fragile states can fortify themselves.
The Right Way to Balance Trade
What Comes after the neoliberal order.
The U.S.—Decline or Renewal?
Examines areas which have been cited by ‘declinist’ writers as causes of the US economic, and hence national, decline, in particular (1) deficits (2) declining shares (3) ‘systemic’ failures. Highly critical of the arguments propounded by Paul Kennedy, counters that the real source of any nation’s decline — ‘internal stagnation’ — is something from which America is not suffering. Economic or military power are not the only determinants of national power, and so decline cannot be seen against a purely economic background. Concludes that although US predominance in world affairs is not so secure as it was, “the ultimate test of a great power is in its ability to renew its power”. Director, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.
The End of Free Trade
A Conversation with Robert E. Lighthizer