# Revisiting the China Shock (with Joseph Francis)

- Source: EconTalk
- Published: 2026-11-02T11:30:00+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://www.econtalk.org/revisiting-the-china-shock-with-joseph-francis/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/revisiting-the-china-shock-with-joseph-francis-44f870/

What if the results of one of the most influential economics papers of the past 25 years are unreliable? The "China shock" narrative--that a surge of Chinese imports destroyed American manufacturing jobs and the communities that depended on them--became conventional wisdom in Washington and beyond. But economic historian Joseph Francis argues that the claim is much weaker than it looks. Listen as

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