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Stephen Roach - Economist, Former Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia & Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute of Global Affairs

Stephen Roach

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Forget physical stores! China does 'bytes and bits,' and US should ...

The exploding smartphone connectivity base in China is fostering robust online shopping, former Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach tells CNBC.

Consumer comeback from crisis in 6th inning: Roach

The recovery of the U.S. consumer in terms of debt and savings since the 2008 financial crisis is only in the 6th inning, Yale economist Stephen Roach said ...

Stephen Roach: No Financial Crisis in China - Bloomberg

Yale University Professor Stephen Roach talks about concerns of a financial crisis in China and the rise of populist politics. He speaks on "Bloomberg ...

Books by Stephen Roach

Accidental Conflict - Book by Stephen Roach

Accidental Conflict” (2022)

In the short span of four years, America and China have entered a trade war, a tech war, and a new Cold War. This conflict between the world’s two most powerful nations wouldn’t have happened were it not for an unnecessary clash of false narratives. America falsely blames its trade and technology threats on China yet overlooks its shaky saving foundation. China falsely blames its growth challenges on America’s alleged containment of market-based socialism, ignoring its failed economic rebalancing. In a hard-hitting analysis of both nations’ economies, politics, and policies, Stephen Roach argues that much of the rhetoric on both sides is dangerously misguided, amplified by information distortion, and more a reflection of each nation’s fears and vulnerabilities than a credible assessment of the risks they face. Outlining the disastrous toll of conflict escalation between China and America, Roach offers a new road map to restoring a mutually advantageous relationship.

Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China - Book by Stephen Roach

Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China” (2015)

The Chinese and U.S. economies have been locked in an uncomfortable embrace since the late 1970s. Although the relationship initially arose out of mutual benefits, in recent years it has taken on the trappings of an unstable codependence, with the two largest economies in the world losing their sense of self, increasing the risk of their turning on one another in a destructive fashion. In Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China Stephen Roach, senior fellow at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, lays bare the pitfalls of the current China-U.S. economic relationship. He highlights the conflicts at the center of current tensions, including disputes over trade policies and intellectual property rights, sharp contrasts in leadership styles, the role of the Internet, the recent dispute over cyberhacking, and more. A firsthand witness to the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, Roach likely knows more about the U.S.-China economic relationship than any other Westerner. Here he discusses: Why America saving too little and China saving too much creates mounting problems for both How China is planning to re-boot its economic growth model by moving from an external export-led model to one of internal consumerism with a new focus on service industries How America, shows a disturbing lack of strategy, preferring a short-term reactive approach over a more coherent Chinese-style planning framework The way out: what America could do to turn its own economic fate around and position itself for a healthy economic and political relationship with China In the wake of the 2008 crisis, both unbalanced economies face urgent and mutually beneficial rebalancings. Unbalanced concludes with a recipe for resolving the escalating tensions of codependence. Roach argues that the Next China offers much for the Next America—and vice versa.

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