Elizabeth Economy

Elizabeth Economy is Hargrove senior fellow and co-director of the US, China, and the World program at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. An acclaimed author and expert on Chinese domestic and foreign policy, Economy’s books have been translated into over a dozen languages. Her recent book is The World According to China. The Third Revolution by Economy was shortlisted for the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize, a prestigious literary award for foreign affairs books. She is also the author of the multi award-winning book The River Runs Black.

Economy is a frequent television and radio commentator and has published opinion pieces in news media like The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Financial Times. Economy has also released articles in journals, such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the Harvard Business Review. She is a frequent guest on nationally broadcast television and radio programs. Economy has testified before Congress on numerous occasions, and regularly consults for US government agencies and companies.

Economy serves on the boards of Swarthmore College and the National Endowment for Democracy and is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group. She was also on the advisory council of Network 20/20 and the science advisory council of the Stockholm Environment Forum. She served as a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Agenda Council on the United States before acting as vice chair of WEF’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of China. Economy also served on the board of the China-US Center for Sustainable Development.

Economy has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses at Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies. She received her BA with honours from Swarthmore College, her AM from Stanford University, her PhD from the University of Michigan and an honorary doctor of law degree from Vermont Law School. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children.