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The host asks Jiang to identify a future development that could materially improve standards of living rather than just adding to the list of crises.
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Standard OF Living
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Jiang says the US-China relationship is the key hopeful variable because China has excess cheap labor to export and Chinese goods previously raised American living standards before the trade war.
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Jiang says that if US-China relations improve enough for China to export deflation overseas, people's standard of living would improve drastically.
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"...just our economy, but society, that will greatly improve. Our standard of living? If there is such a thing?"
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"...Chinese goods flowing to United States allowed Americans a higher standard of living. And so now that you remove Chinese goods. Well, most Chinese..."
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"...Chinese individual has not seen a huge improvement in his standard of living. And so there is not a great confidence in the future,..."
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"...from immigration, from sky -high property prices, from an increased standard of living? And the answer is baby boomers, okay?"
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"...a house. Canadians can no longer find a decent job. Standard of living has gone way up in Canada. Then you have the COVID..."
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"...you're a middle -class American, you basically have a higher standard of living than the Roman emperor. Because you could, you know, every day..."
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"...self -sufficient. The Chinese government has guaranteed a very high standard of living for the Chinese citizens."
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"...produce really cheap products to the world, which increased people's standard of living. And that made Western consumers really happy. But then came the..."
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"...to maintain your hegemony, um, you want to maintain your standard of living. And that's why we're seeing, uh, this, um, these military actions...."
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"...rate. What are some other signs? You see a lower standard of living. And all this means is that inflation, right? So people make..."
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"...it reduces. Okay. Cohesion. Okay. And it also reduces the standard of living. Okay. Another sign of decline is also housing prices go up...."
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"...cheap gas to germany which fueled the german economy which increased standard livings for for europeans europeans are addicted to cheap russian oil so..."
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