Author / Carl Hooks

Carl Hooks '17 studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at chooks@wustl.edu.
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  • China’s Economic Perils in a Post-Trump World

    The past 70 years of globalization have been the single greatest period of economic and cultural connectivity among nations in history. Since the 1970s, the accelerating international flow of goods, resources, people, ideas, and capital has given birth to countless trade networks and opportunities for development. By many measures, China has been globalization’s greatest beneficiary.…

  • Underground and Invisible: Migrants Search for Home in Beijing

    Beijing is a global city, a national capital, and center of Chinese politics, business, and cul­ture. The city attracts thousands of tourists, reporters, and political leaders every year. But the 3.1 million Chinese migrants who live in the city have not yet drawn the world’s attention. Across China, nearly 269 million migrants live in cities…