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09 May 2012

Live Stream Session: Global Imbalances and the Decoupling Myth: China’s Role in the World Economy

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Michael Pettis, professor of finance at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, will discuss:

  • The trajectory and sustainability of growth in China, including analysis of trade flows, commodity costs, and domestic consumption capacity
  • The growth of bad debt in China: How to resolve it, how China compares with other indebted nations, and why China will be the last major economy to emerge from the crisis
  • Government reforms needed to support an economic transition, develop the private sector, and promote competition

Broadcast live on Wednesday, 9 May, 11:40 a.m.-12:40 p.m. CDT.


About the Author(s)
Jennifer Curry

Jennifer Curry formerly served as managing editor of the Enterprising Investor. Previously, she was the social media manager at the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA). Prior to her work at NYSSA, Curry worked as the senior project editor for a nonfiction imprint at Barnes & Noble Publishing and as an assistant editor at the H.W. Wilson Company. She is the editor of several volumes in the Reference Shelf series, and her writing has appeared in Smithsonian, IndustryWeek, Barnes & Noble Review, and other publications. Curry holds a BS in journalism and a BA in anthropology from the University of Kansas, and an MA in anthropology from Hunter College, City University of New York.