Research and analysis of the Chinese economy, US-China trade war, defense, and geopolitics
Posts by Antonio Graceffo
About Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo is a Ph.D., and also holds a China-MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University. He works as an economics professor and China economic analyst, writing for various international media. Some of his books include: The Wrestler’s Dissertation, Warrior Odyssey, Beyond the Belt and Road: China’s Global Economic Expansion, and A Short Course on the Chinese Economy.
The president just called for gas station owners to lower prices at the pumps. This proves that he is either and idiot and doesn’t that gas prices and inflation are…
"Yellen says gasoline tax holiday worth considering as anti-inflation tool" (Reuters) This administration seems not to understand what inflation is. Inflation is a general increase in prices, caused by an…
By Antonio Graceffo, PhD. The Financial Times reported that “Italian and Greek borrowing costs jump on eurozone rate fears". These countries not only have high debt, but because they are…
by Antonio Graceffo, PhD. at China Econ Group Globalists will argue against these two laws of economics: Increasing the minimum wage will cause unemployment and increasing the labor supply by…
Regardless of what the globalists claim, everyone does not win with globalization. “China's GDP growth rate dropped from over 10.6% in 2010 to 6% in 2019.6 The drop in growth…
Me: Free movement of labor across borders drives down wages in developed countries because it increases the supply of labor. Him: I'm just curious what you would tell some aspiring,…
Antonio Graceffo, PhD. Manufacturing is crucial because it provides well-paying jobs for uneducated Americans and because we need an independent industrial base and supply chain. If we go to war…
By Antonio Graceffo, PhD. The globalists have infiltrated our education system and our universities to such an extent that even economics textbooks and trade textbooks are pushing globalism and like…
Globalist economists tend to use purchasing power parity (PPP) when measuring the size of an economy or the salaries of people around the world. And while PPP has its place,…
Scenario in favor of globalism: A factory worker loses his/her job because of globalism. He/she then goes to Target to buy plastic flipflops and realizes they are twenty-five-cents cheaper and…