Analysis

Economy

The ‘Belt & Road’ region will be the main locomotive of the world economy

The importance of the Belt and Road (B&R) summit for China and participating countries is well known. What is not so widely grasped is that ...
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The American Way leads to Americans dying early

American politicians remorselessly claim that theirs is the 'greatest country' and the 'American way' is the best way. But if so it poses a puzzling ...
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Why Adam Smith’s ‘classical theory’ correctly explained Asia’s growth

The growth of Asia’s rapidly developing economies is a vital practical issue for the living standards of billions of people and a decisive test of ...
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Deng Xiaoping – the world’s greatest economist

​August 22, 2014 was the 110th anniversary of the birth of Deng Xiaoping. Numerous achievements would ensure Deng Xiaoping a major position in China's history ...
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To become a high income economy China needs to study facts not myths

​Unfortunately some discussion in the media of how China can become a 'high income' economy fails to follow the fundamental Chinese saying ‘seek truth from ...
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Why China won’t suffer a Western type financial crisis

Inaccurate articles sometimes appear claiming China faces a "severe debt crisis." Factually these are easily refuted. Changyong Rhee, the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department director, ...
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Why neo-liberalism destabilised US politics

Political destabilisationBoth the Anglo-Saxon countries, the US and UK, which adopted neo-liberal Reaganite/Thatcherite policies are experiencing deep political destabilisation. Trump’s nomination as Republication Presidential candidate ...
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Deng Xiaoping & John Maynard Keynes

Introduction​The international importance of China’s economy is twofold. The first is practical - the scale of China’s economic growth, its global impact, and the consequences ...
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Europe’s crisis & the Euro – predicted in advance

IntroductionThe following article, published in September 1996, that is prior to the creation of the Euro, accurately predicted in advance from fundamental economic theory the ...
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China is right to maintain & tighten capital controls

​During 2017 China has been tightening its capital controls to prevent any export of capital from the country not required for legitimate business expansion - ...
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