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Danny Quah
@DannyQuah
Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics @LKYSch #NUS. Economic principles for world order and empirics for a shifting global economy
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    Danny Quah
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    Jul 10, 2021
    My PhD supervisor told me give the reader just four numbers to remember; doesn't matter however elaborate and complicated your empirical analysis. Those from whom I learnt public speaking said, Make three points – no one remembers anything beyond that.
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    Danny Quah
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    Mar 11, 2024
    This is not the first time world order is splintering. But economic interconnectedness traditionally raised fragmentation costs and thus held the world together. Now the logic is reversed: economic integration is a prime contributor to fragmentation. dannyquah.github.io/In-progress.ht…
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    Danny Quah
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    Jan 26, 2017
    Can't quite put my finger on it but something doesn't add up here
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    Danny Quah
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    Oct 30, 2024
    Towards the end of the 20th C, large economic and geopolitical forces grew collinear to jointly facilitate China's rise, resulting in global coalescence. But those same forces now threaten fragmentation of world order as China's rise continues... dannyquah.github.io/In-progress.ht… 1/2
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    Danny Quah
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    Dec 21, 2014
    How to ruin a world-leading nation: First, reject the educated and talented who come to you thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/Polit…
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    Danny Quah
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    Oct 5, 2024
    Americans 250 years ago knew full well who pays trade tariffs. piie.com/blogs/realtime…
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    Danny Quah
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    May 13, 2024
    The richest nations on the planet are almost all small states. This paper shows that this, together with how poor economies are cheap, means (1) small states need to lead the global economy on trade; (2) technical progress is no universal good. dannyquah.github.io/In-progress.ht…
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    Danny Quah
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    Aug 9, 2016
    "What I can't stand is how #PokemonGo has made people change the way they relate to each other."
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    Danny Quah
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    Jul 25, 2023
    Adam Posen's brilliant and powerful article on the illogic of US Zero-Sum Economics: Even with concerns over national security, climate change, and resilience, it will still be that America's Industrial Policy and subsidies do more harm than good. foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/24/eco…
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    Danny Quah
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    Mar 12, 2020
    In response to COVID-19, one nation locked down and was described as inflicting "great cost to people's livelihoods and personal liberties";another nation locked down and was said to be (valiantly) "risking its economy in an effort to contain Europe's worst coronavirus outbreak"
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    Danny Quah
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    Sep 19, 2023
    I don't have a view on the other things you say, but my School has nothing to do with this Exchange Fellowship.
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    Bhupen kumar Borah
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    Sep 19, 2023
    OPEN LETTER TO LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY Dear Dean @DannyQuah I am astounded by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy's decision to award the Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Lee Kuan Yew, the Father of Singapore, was
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    Danny Quah
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    Apr 25, 2020
    "We read the labels on the bottles we found in the janitor's closet."
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    Danny Quah
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    Feb 29, 2020
    Not a headline my friends across the world might see in their domestic news straitstimes.com/politics/pay-c…
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    Danny Quah
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    Dec 14, 2021
    Obsidian @obsdmd second brain's graphical view of all my research and writing files tagged #inequality spread across scores of subfolders (that once I'd thought would provide a good organization). Thanks to @obsdmd future-proofed as I write only in puretext LaTeX, Markdown, R.