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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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, ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More Deng Xiaoping & John Maynard Keynes
IntroductionThe 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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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