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Minqi Li is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Utah since 2006, with prior appointments as Visiting Assistant Professor at Franklin and Marshall College (2002) and Assistant/Associate Professor at York University (2003-2006). He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2002).
- Political Economy
- Chinese Economy
- World System Analysis
- Climate Change
- Investment Profitability
- Global Financial Imbalances
His research connects long-term cyclical movements and secular trends in global capitalism, focusing on investment profitability, China-US financial imbalances, and energy/environmental limits. Recent work explores degrowth, secular stagnation, and structural crises.
His publications since 2010 include analyses of China's economic trajectory, labor-value theory, and capitalist world-system contradictions. He advocates for state-led investment and socialist transitions to address stagnation.
Selected awards:
- Superior Research Award, University of Utah (2010)
- Merits Research Award, York University (2006)
- Superior Teaching Award, UMass Amherst (2002)
- Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award (1996)
Teaching includes PhD-level political economy, History of Economic Doctrines, China & Global Economy, and Money & Banking courses.


