Danny Quah

Danny Quah

Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean

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Why America Should Drop Its Obsession With Being No. 1

Published in Foreign Policy, 2024

This essay argues that the United States will do well for the world and even better for itself if it becomes better assured and more confident of its place in the international system.

Recommended citation: Quah, Danny. 2024. "Why America Should Drop Its Obsession With Being No. 1" Foreign Policy (Fall) pp. 41-43.
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Export-Led Growth: The Trade-Technology Relation in Small and Poor Economies

Published in Besley, Timothy J. and Velasco, Andres (eds.) The London Consensus, 2025

This paper analyses the impact of trade and technology on aggregate economic performance where poor nations are cheap. The most successful economies are extraordinarily rich without having to be unusually complex.

Recommended citation: Quah, Danny. 2025. "Export-Led Growth: The Trade-Technology Relation in Small and Poor Economies", in Besley, Timothy J. and Velasco, Andres (eds.) The London Consensus.
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Correlated Trade and Geopolitics Driving a Fractured World Order

Published in Ing, Lili Yan and Rodrik, Dani (eds) The New Global Economic Order, 2025

This article argues that in a fracturing world order, paradoxically, geopolitics and trade align. It is, thus, a fallacy that geopolitics and economics provide a balance through working in opposition in a fragmenting global economy.

Recommended citation: Quah, Danny. 2025. "Correlated Trade and Geopolitics Driving a Fractured World Order." Ch. 5 in Ing, Lili Yan and Rodrik, Dani (eds.) The New Global Economic Order.
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talks

Trends in the Evolving International System

Published:

Wed 05 Mar 2025 0945h
IMF High-Level Forum
Panel — Trends in the Evolving International System
Panelists — Chia Der Jiun, Mari Pangestu, Danny Quah, Sayuri Shirai
Moderator — Thomas Scholar

Global South: Moving Towards Modernization

Published:

Wed 26 Mar 2025 1045h
Boao Forum
Panel — Global South: Moving Towards Modernization
Panelists — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Aravind Valery, Kirill Babaev, Huang Yiping, Danny Quah, Xiaojun Grace Wang, Zheng Yongnian
Moderator — Volkan Bozkır, President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly

CSIS Public Forum on Regional Response to Trump 2.0

Published:

Thu 10 Apr 2025 1400h
CSIS Public Forum on Regional Response to Trump 2.0
Speaker — Dyah Roro Esti. Vice Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia
Panel — Regional Response to Trump 2.0
Panelists — Shiro Armstrong, Mari Pangestu, Danny Quah, Sinta Sirait
Moderator — Yose Rizal Damuri
Venue — Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
Location — Jakarta, Indonesia

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