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About the Author Keyu Jin is a Chinese economist educated in both China and the United States. She earned her A.B. and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and is now a tenured professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) , where her work focuses on international macroeconomics, technology, and China’s growth model. Having grown up during the reform era, she brings rigorous academic training together with lived experience of China’s transform

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