Ep. 315: Keyu Jin on What Everyone Gets Wrong on China

Keyu Jin is a Professor of Economics at the LSE. She is an academic member of the China Finance 40 Group and has worked with the World Bank, the IMF, and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and is a non-executive board member of the luxury conglomerate Richemont and Jardine Matheson. Born and raised in Beijing, she attended high school and college in the United States and holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University. In this podcast we discuss: 

• Coming to the US (from China) 
• Beyond ideological labels: China’s unique model 
• Centralisation vs decentralisation and the Mayor Economy 
• Impact of President Xi’s leadership 
• Problems with oversupply and debt 
• Financial system as government tool 
• How to boost consumption 
• Youth versus older generation 
• China is not Japan on demographics 
• China technology versus old economy 
• Impact of Trump on US-China relations 
• Book mentioned: Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Judt) 

You can follow Keyu’s work here. 

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