Innovation and Knowledge: Who Has More to "Steal," the United States or China?

The Washington Post repeated a standard theme in reporting on Trump's trade war with China, that our main concern is not the trade deficit but rather China's alleged theft of our intellectual property. I have written about this issue before, but there is an important aspect that seems to have gone largely unmentioned, China is likely to have more at risk in this story than the United States.

Using the purchasing power parity measure (clearly the appropriate one for this issue), China's econom...