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South China Morning Post

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China bulls are usually wrong because China is often wrong

04.11.2024 20

Nikkei Asian Review

Donald Low

Why Thailand failed to escape the middle-income trap

Despite early success, Thailand’s growth has stagnated – as flashy developments siphon resources away from innovation and productivity.

20.10.2024 100

South China Morning Post

Donald Low

How South Korea avoided the ‘middle-income trap’ to grow and diversify its economy

Early land reform reduced income and wealth inequality, allowing South Korea to later focus on manufacturing and innovation to boost growth.

28.09.2024 70

South China Morning Post

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New Singapore PM Wong will bring in a greater degree of openness

07.05.2024 100

Nikkei Asian Review

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What China must learn from Japan’s decades-long debt-deflation slowdown

Policymakers can ill afford to dither or send mixed signals in their efforts to rejuvenate the economy. The immediate danger facing China today is...

05.05.2024 80

South China Morning Post

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Beijing's social engineers will always be obsessed with production

17.04.2024 50

Nikkei Asian Review

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China’s drive for industrial dominance is likely to hurt developing countries – and itself

If Chinese workers were to make less and buy more, other countries could grow faster and so buy more solar panels, electric vehicles, and other...

24.03.2024 40

South China Morning Post

Donald Low

Being a 'connector' for China is no longer working for Hong Kong

City needs to rethink economic role to show it can still be relevant

03.03.2024 30

Nikkei Asian Review

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How infrastructure borrowing can benefit Hong Kong for decades to come

Debt financing is more efficient and equitable, with cutting spending and raising taxes unpalatable given the city’s current sluggish growth.

24.02.2024 50

South China Morning Post

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Hong Kong’s economy needs reinvention to become more than just China’s superconnector after a lost half decade

Hong Kong’s superconnector status has not enabled its economy to outperform other rival Asian hubs such as Singapore.

18.02.2024 50

South China Morning Post

Donald Low

Hong Kong needs to consider introducing sales tax to plug financing gaps, removing US dollar peg

Keeping an open mind about the goods and services tax would serve Hong Kong better than assuming its people are ‘exceptionally implacable’.

20.01.2024 50

South China Morning Post

Donald Low

Why China should allow diverse viewpoints of its economy to avoid risks of 3 biases

Without such diversity, Chinese policymakers could be blindsided by the biases of optimism, overconfidence, and omission.

19.12.2023 70

South China Morning Post

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