China

Europe is widely perceived as losing ground to both the United States and China. But is it really? Paul Krugman challenges conventional assumptions about Europe's economic performance in his James Martin Memorial Lecture, delivered at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.

Paul Krugman gave this talk on economic size and economic power during the second day of the European Central Bank's annual research conference.

Stone Center Senior Scholar Branko Milanovic discusses the recent update of his All the Ginis (ATG) dataset, which now covers the period from 1950 to 2024 and includes 6,762 Ginis from 183 countries or territories. He also explains the continuing challenges in improving the production and collection of data on national income inequalities, and gives a warning about technological change.

Experts discuss Branko Milanovic's timely new book on the changing roles of the U.S. and China as global powers.

Experts discuss Branko Milanovic's timely new book on the changing roles of the U.S. and China as global powers.

M. Belguise, N. Y. Chen, Y. Huang, and Z. Mo. European Journal of Political Economy. vol. 87. 2025.

K. Kaeppel, Z. Mo, C. Schröder, and L. Yang. Stone Center Working Paper Series no. 115. 2025.

A panel of experts helps us understand the complex realities of China today.

In this post, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Zhexun Mo, an economist whose research focuses on the intersection of political economics, development, and economic history, reflects on the Center’s recent international workshop.

Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar Zhexun Mo discusses two recent papers he contributed to the Stone Center Working Paper Series that focus on perceptions of inequality and redistribution in China.