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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz sounded a warning on President Donald Trump’s resistance to appointing new judges at the World Trade Organization. Previous trade skirmishes “were always done in the framework of the WTO, within international rule of law,” Stiglitz, a former World Bank chief economist, told CNBC on Saturday at the China Development Forum in Beijing. The WTO has traditionally appointed new judges based […]

Joseph Stiglitz, professor of economics at Columbia University, discusses escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China. He spoke with Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie in Beijing. Watch here: <iframe src=”https://www.bloomberg.com/multimedia/api/embed/iframe?id=e03459c3-3daf-4e40-876a-eb1ef5834d0d” allowscriptaccess=”always” frameborder=”0″></iframe>

Economics doctoral student Andrew Olenski, in collaboration with Harvard Medical School researcher Anupan Jena, published a study in The New England Journal of Medicine challenging the notion that experienced firearm users are less likely to injure themselves. The study was covered by Scientific American.

Economist Edmund Phelps published an op-ed comparing a recent Chinese economic policy which supports the entrance of new firms into industry and has revived productivity growth. Full op-ed: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-innovation-competition-policies-by-edmund-s–phelps-2018-03