Archive - ChatGDP

Is China’s growth model bad for its own people?

We should be honest that shifting China’s economy away from exports toward consumption may not be a win-win proposition: better for China’s trading…

Aug 28 • Justin Sandefur

The electoral dividends of growth in Southern Africa

Hakainde Hichilema’s victory in Zambia fits a pattern

Aug 20 • Justin Sandefur

The staggering welfare consequences of catch-up growth after AI

Aug 4 • Rafael Proenca

December 2025

We were wrong about convergence

Several years ago, we celebrated a new era of unconditional convergence of global incomes. Since then, the trend has reversed.

Dec 12, 2025 • Justin Sandefur and Arvind Subramanian

Washington's new model of foreign aid for economic growth

Everybody makes money, but nobody actually makes anything.

Dec 2, 2025 • Justin Sandefur

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