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Yan Liang is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and an Associate Professor at Willamette University. Her research interest includes a Post Keynesian-Institutional approach to international trade and finance, financial macroeconomics and economic development (with a regional focus on China). She has published articles in International Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Issues, The Chinese Economy, and China u0026amp; the World Economy and contributed to several edited books. Yan is currently working on an Institute for New Economic Thinking grant project concerning shadow banking in China and its developmental implications. Yan teaches Macroeconomics, International Economics, Global Financial Crisis, the Chinese Economy and other courses at Willamette. She received a master’s degree and a doctorate degree in Economics from University of Missouri-Kansas City. Yan is an active member of the Association of Evolutionary Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, and Association for Institutional Thought.