Dossier
David Autor
Coverage of David Autor in the Nexus archive.
- China Is Attached to a Doomed Economic Model
China's government-subsidized, export-driven economic model is destabilizing global markets by flooding them with cheap goods, causing job losses in countries like Germany and Indonesia. The model, led by President Xi Jinping, has created a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus but is undermining China's domestic economy through weak consumer spending and overinvestment in unprofitable industries.