#477 – Keyu Jin: China’s Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Trump, Communism & Capitalism

The following is a conversation with K Yu Jin, an economist at the London School of Economics, specializing in China's economy, international macroeconomics, global trade imbalances, and financial policy. She wrote the highly lauded book on China titled The New China Playbook. beyond socialism and capitalism that details China's economic transformation since 1978 to today and it dispels a lot of misconceptions about China's economy that people in the West have. And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor, check them out in the description or at lexfriedman.com slash sponsors. It's the best way to support this podcast.

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