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Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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China’s ruling Communist Party has long based its political legitimacy on successfully guiding the country’s extraordinary economic development. Over the past decade, however, China’s economic growth has decelerated significantly, raising concerns within China’s leadership about social stability and national security. Tune in as Ian Shepherdson, founder and chief economist of Pantheon Macroeconomics, shares his perspective with C. V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies Elizabeth Economy on China’s mounting economic challenges, progress on economic reform efforts, and the likely long-term economic and geopolitical effects of the U.S.-China trade war.