Jonas Lindner
@jonaslindner.bsky.social
China specialist working in international relations. Former academic. China‘s economy & sustainable development.
This is devastating news, as The China Project has been one of the best sources of information on China
Some sad news. We have to shut down and this why:
Some sad news – The China Project
Some sad news
thechinaproject.com
November 7, 2023 at 8:21 AM
This is devastating news, as The China Project has been one of the best sources of information on China
I wished flexible file formats like EPUB would be more widely used. No medium beats reading journal articles as EPUB files on my iPad mini. There’s just no good way of engaging with PDFs. However, to my knowledge currently only Routledge offers EPUB downloads.
November 5, 2023 at 7:22 PM
I wished flexible file formats like EPUB would be more widely used. No medium beats reading journal articles as EPUB files on my iPad mini. There’s just no good way of engaging with PDFs. However, to my knowledge currently only Routledge offers EPUB downloads.
Economics at its best: not listening to other sciences, basing models on ludicrous assumptions, and using GDP growth as the sole indicator for human wellbeing. *3.5°C warming is optimal* smh
theintercept.com/2023/10/29/w...
theintercept.com/2023/10/29/w...
When Idiot Savants Do Climate Economics
How an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy.
theintercept.com
October 30, 2023 at 9:11 PM
Economics at its best: not listening to other sciences, basing models on ludicrous assumptions, and using GDP growth as the sole indicator for human wellbeing. *3.5°C warming is optimal* smh
theintercept.com/2023/10/29/w...
theintercept.com/2023/10/29/w...
I really like Arthur Kroeber‘s pragmatic assessment of China’s economy presented in the talk below, which runs counter the (IMHO ideologically driven) doomsayers’ accounts that have been popular this summer.
youtu.be/LnXVzcgllrE?...
youtu.be/LnXVzcgllrE?...
China Economy Lecture Featuring Arthur Kroeber - Has China's Economy Hit the Wall?
Speaker: Arthur Kroeber, Founding Partner and Head of Research, Gavekal DragonomicsAs China emerged from Covid lockdowns early this year, many expected that ...
youtu.be
October 23, 2023 at 7:06 PM
I really like Arthur Kroeber‘s pragmatic assessment of China’s economy presented in the talk below, which runs counter the (IMHO ideologically driven) doomsayers’ accounts that have been popular this summer.
youtu.be/LnXVzcgllrE?...
youtu.be/LnXVzcgllrE?...
This segment on McKinsey is really funny. Also I just read 'When McKinsey comes to town' by @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social and 'The Big Con' by Mariana Mazzucato, so I'm on somewhat of a McKinsey dissing spree anyway.
youtu.be/AiOUojVd6xQ?...
youtu.be/AiOUojVd6xQ?...
McKinsey: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses the oldest and largest management consulting firm: McKinsey & Company.Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last We...
youtu.be
October 23, 2023 at 11:39 AM
This segment on McKinsey is really funny. Also I just read 'When McKinsey comes to town' by @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social and 'The Big Con' by Mariana Mazzucato, so I'm on somewhat of a McKinsey dissing spree anyway.
youtu.be/AiOUojVd6xQ?...
youtu.be/AiOUojVd6xQ?...
Democracy works only as long as election losers accept their losses. Simple yet radical.
goodauthority.org/news/why-do-...
goodauthority.org/news/why-do-...
Why do election losers accept their losses?
Image courtesy of © zhz_akey via Canva.com. Don Moynihan, a Georgetown public policy professor and public commentator, recently referred in The Bulwark to
goodauthority.org
September 28, 2023 at 7:53 AM
Democracy works only as long as election losers accept their losses. Simple yet radical.
goodauthority.org/news/why-do-...
goodauthority.org/news/why-do-...
Should we trust Chinese GDP data? Turns out, nobody really knows.
bigdatachina.csis.org/measurement-...
bigdatachina.csis.org/measurement-...
Measurement Muddle: China’s GDP Growth Data and Potential Proxies - Big Data China
How Do We Know if China is Growing? How fast is China’s economy growing? Or given the recent trends, how much is it slowing down? Obtaining a reliable answer to these seemingly straightforward que...
bigdatachina.csis.org
September 20, 2023 at 2:07 PM
Should we trust Chinese GDP data? Turns out, nobody really knows.
bigdatachina.csis.org/measurement-...
bigdatachina.csis.org/measurement-...
One of my students wrote in their term paper that they did 'semi-conducted interviews' and now I don’t know whether I should laugh or cry.
September 20, 2023 at 9:39 AM
One of my students wrote in their term paper that they did 'semi-conducted interviews' and now I don’t know whether I should laugh or cry.