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October 7, 2022
• Michael Pettis
China, Financialization, Globalization, Trade
Bad Trade

“Bad competitiveness” results in weakening demand, which either reduces global production or requires surging debt to maintain demand and production at its existing level. Perhaps that rings a bell, because it is the world we live in.

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