Burak Gürel
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China’s share of where top AI researchers work grew from 11% in 2019 to 28% in 2022. Its share of where these researchers took their undergraduate degrees from also rose from 29% to 47% over the same period.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
China’s share of where top AI researchers work grew from 11% in 2019 to 28% in 2022. Its share of where these researchers took their undergraduate degrees from also rose from 29% to 47% over the same period.
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China’s scientific foundations for controlling rare earth supply were laid in the Mao era. Reform era inter-sectoral conflicts (public vs. private & central vs. local) were ultimately settled in the Xi era in favor of a central government–led state capitalism.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
China’s scientific foundations for controlling rare earth supply were laid in the Mao era. Reform era inter-sectoral conflicts (public vs. private & central vs. local) were ultimately settled in the Xi era in favor of a central government–led state capitalism.
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Zhan’s paper successfully challenges the widely held assumption that land expropriation inevitably impoverishes Chinese villagers.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Zhan’s paper successfully challenges the widely held assumption that land expropriation inevitably impoverishes Chinese villagers.
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Chang’s argument (entirely correct, in my view) ultimately hinges on the absence of effective disciplinary planning in India, a dynamic that Chibber explains well in "Locked in Place."
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November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Chang’s argument (entirely correct, in my view) ultimately hinges on the absence of effective disciplinary planning in India, a dynamic that Chibber explains well in "Locked in Place."
frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/i...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/i...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
While Çelik’s paper centers on how Industrial Vocational High School students internalize unstable employment prospects as a personal “failure,” it also offers food for thought on the micro foundations of Turkey’s lack of a coherent industrial policy.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
While Çelik’s paper centers on how Industrial Vocational High School students internalize unstable employment prospects as a personal “failure,” it also offers food for thought on the micro foundations of Turkey’s lack of a coherent industrial policy.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"The current slowdown [of the Russian economy] could easily spark a technical recession. But this does not imply a crisis that would require urgent government intervention, rather it would be a return to a slower overall growth trajectory via a downturn." open.substack.com/pub/thebelli...
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"The current slowdown [of the Russian economy] could easily spark a technical recession. But this does not imply a crisis that would require urgent government intervention, rather it would be a return to a slower overall growth trajectory via a downturn." open.substack.com/pub/thebelli...
AidData Lab’s new dataset and report show that after “Made in China 2025” launched, China’s cross-border M&A lending shifted sharply: from 2015 to 2023, funding to weak-screening jurisdictions rose from 64% to 75%, while support for 'sensitive' sectors surged from 46% to 88%.
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
AidData Lab’s new dataset and report show that after “Made in China 2025” launched, China’s cross-border M&A lending shifted sharply: from 2015 to 2023, funding to weak-screening jurisdictions rose from 64% to 75%, while support for 'sensitive' sectors surged from 46% to 88%.
China "has some of the lowest prices for drugs in the world. Nearly all of the success of these companies — and their booming stock prices — hinges on their ability to succeed in the US."
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October 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
China "has some of the lowest prices for drugs in the world. Nearly all of the success of these companies — and their booming stock prices — hinges on their ability to succeed in the US."
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Tarım Ekonomisi Derneği'nin etkinliğinde Journal of Peasant Studies’in tarihini ve yayın politikasını konuşacağız. Etkinliğin JPS’in Küresel Güney’de tarımın ve kırsalın dönüşümü üzerine çalışan araştırmacıları desteklemeye yönelik uzun soluklu çabalarına mütevazı bir katkı sunmasını umuyorum.
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Tarım Ekonomisi Derneği'nin etkinliğinde Journal of Peasant Studies’in tarihini ve yayın politikasını konuşacağız. Etkinliğin JPS’in Küresel Güney’de tarımın ve kırsalın dönüşümü üzerine çalışan araştırmacıları desteklemeye yönelik uzun soluklu çabalarına mütevazı bir katkı sunmasını umuyorum.
"Policymakers face a dilemma: cut production drastically, which risks a collapse in growth, or move too slowly and risk letting the problem fester. China so far is taking a gradual, supply-side approach."
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October 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Policymakers face a dilemma: cut production drastically, which risks a collapse in growth, or move too slowly and risk letting the problem fester. China so far is taking a gradual, supply-side approach."
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"China’s technological rise is impressive and enormously wasteful. Its industrial policy has forged some highly productive technological titans, and countless zombies."
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For more on this issue, I recommend: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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For more on this issue, I recommend: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
October 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"China’s technological rise is impressive and enormously wasteful. Its industrial policy has forged some highly productive technological titans, and countless zombies."
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For more on this issue, I recommend: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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For more on this issue, I recommend: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
"This is state capitalism and it relies on industrial policy, so a five-year plan is still useful."
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Why China still loves its five-year plans
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Why China still loves its five-year plans
October 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"This is state capitalism and it relies on industrial policy, so a five-year plan is still useful."
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Why China still loves its five-year plans
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Why China still loves its five-year plans
October 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"For years, the U.S. has used its chokehold on advanced semiconductors to constrain the tech ambitions of a Chinese leadership...Now, Beijing is crafting a strategy that looks uncannily familiar to the U.S. playbook, almost page for page."
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October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"For years, the U.S. has used its chokehold on advanced semiconductors to constrain the tech ambitions of a Chinese leadership...Now, Beijing is crafting a strategy that looks uncannily familiar to the U.S. playbook, almost page for page."
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Deglobalization par excellence
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October 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Deglobalization par excellence
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The history of China’s rare-earth processing industry vividly illustrates uneven and combined development: the fusion of appropriated U.S. scientific knowledge with Mao-era state-directed research under the whip of external necessity, epitomized by Xu's career.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The history of China’s rare-earth processing industry vividly illustrates uneven and combined development: the fusion of appropriated U.S. scientific knowledge with Mao-era state-directed research under the whip of external necessity, epitomized by Xu's career.
asiatimes.com/2025/10/chin...
asiatimes.com/2025/10/chin...
"Nearly 80% of CATL’s overseas investment has been in Europe. The company has pumped $12.3 billion into three production hubs, according to the September analysis....CATL’s advance into Europe is a pre-emptive move in case exporting to the EU becomes harder."
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-10-07/c...
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-10-07/c...
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Nearly 80% of CATL’s overseas investment has been in Europe. The company has pumped $12.3 billion into three production hubs, according to the September analysis....CATL’s advance into Europe is a pre-emptive move in case exporting to the EU becomes harder."
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-10-07/c...
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Kapitalist bir çerçevede dahi olsa kalkınmacılık ile uzaktan yakından alakaları yok. Bunun uzun vadede yaratacağı ekonomik tahribat çok büyük olacak.
October 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Kapitalist bir çerçevede dahi olsa kalkınmacılık ile uzaktan yakından alakaları yok. Bunun uzun vadede yaratacağı ekonomik tahribat çok büyük olacak.
While not the main focus, the study also uncovers a rising number of Chinese nationals obtaining Turkish citizenship without informing the PRC, which bans dual citizenship. It is an intriguing trend to watch in terms of Sino-Turkish relations.
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
While not the main focus, the study also uncovers a rising number of Chinese nationals obtaining Turkish citizenship without informing the PRC, which bans dual citizenship. It is an intriguing trend to watch in terms of Sino-Turkish relations.
This is a fascinating study on Turkey's "citizenship by investment" program implemented since 2017. What stood out to me most was the state’s deliberate withholding of reliable data on the program.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is a fascinating study on Turkey's "citizenship by investment" program implemented since 2017. What stood out to me most was the state’s deliberate withholding of reliable data on the program.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This paper operationalizes the concept of uneven and combined development to analyze the workings and contradictions of the BRI in Indonesia and the Philippines by focusing on the interplay of local class forces, bureaucracies, and great powers.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This paper operationalizes the concept of uneven and combined development to analyze the workings and contradictions of the BRI in Indonesia and the Philippines by focusing on the interplay of local class forces, bureaucracies, and great powers.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Between 2008 and 2023, the first-marriage rate among 22- to 45-year-olds declined 9%, to 60 marriages per 1,000 never-married Americans."
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September 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Between 2008 and 2023, the first-marriage rate among 22- to 45-year-olds declined 9%, to 60 marriages per 1,000 never-married Americans."
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Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği 18. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi kapanış oturumunun diğer konuşmacıları olan Seyhan Erdoğdu, Funda Hülagü ve Hayri Kozanoğlu'na, oturum başkanı Ezgi Doğru'ya, soru ve yorumlarıyla katkıda bulunan katılımcılara ve bu güzel kongreye emek veren herkese teşekkür ederim.
September 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği 18. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi kapanış oturumunun diğer konuşmacıları olan Seyhan Erdoğdu, Funda Hülagü ve Hayri Kozanoğlu'na, oturum başkanı Ezgi Doğru'ya, soru ve yorumlarıyla katkıda bulunan katılımcılara ve bu güzel kongreye emek veren herkese teşekkür ederim.
"China’s entry into the top ten is all the more remarkable given its status as a middle-income economy."
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September 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"China’s entry into the top ten is all the more remarkable given its status as a middle-income economy."
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"BYD shares increased by roughly 3890% during the years Berkshire owned them. Buffett has not explained in detail why Berkshire started selling."
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September 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"BYD shares increased by roughly 3890% during the years Berkshire owned them. Buffett has not explained in detail why Berkshire started selling."
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