Analysis
Economy
Why China has made the world’s greatest contribution to increasing human rights
The U.S. Congress has debated expressing its concern over the issue of ‘human rights’ in China - an example can be found in the US House ...
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Growth in the G7 ‘Great Stagnation’ will be slower than in the Great Depression!
The Western G7 economies are in, and will remain locked in, very slow growth. How slow this growth is can be seen starkly by taking ...
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The limits of RMB internationalisation
The dollar's domination of the international monetary system, and the 'exorbitant privilege' it gives the US, to use the phrase of leading US monetary economist Barry ...
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China’s ‘socialist development strategy’ outperformed Western alternatives
This article finds that the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fastest growing economies during the period since the putting forward of the neo-liberal ‘Washington Consensus’ ...
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BRICS are more important for world growth than the G7
The annual BRICS summit, hosted by China in Xiamen on 3-5 September, is the second of two major events in China this year focused on ...
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How Singapore achieved a higher per capita GDP than the US
The economic development of Singapore under is famous as one of the greatest success stories in history. Singapore has become the only Asian country to achieve ...
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A Copernican Revolution in Western economics & China’s supply side reform
Every 4th May is National Youth Day in China. In 2016 I was invited on that day to deliver a lecture to Chinese young economists on how developments in ...
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Economic data shows claim of US ‘strong economic recovery’ was a myth
The publication of official US economic data for 2016, which shows only 1.6% US GDP growth for the year, and only 0.9% per capita GDP ...
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Why China’s social achievements are even greater than its economic ones
Attempts are sometimes made to claim that China’s gigantic economic growth, the greatest in a major economy in human history, and its measurable increases in household ...
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Solar power illustrates China’s manufacturing future
The decisive global role being played by China in leading the way in the development of renewable energy is now being recognised in the Western ...
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