Analysis
Analysis
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 ...
Read More An economist’s Mein Kampf
This article, published in October 1991, accurately predicted that 'shock therapy' recommended for Russia by Western economic institutions, and supported by 95% of Western economists, ...
Read More Why did China grow so fast?
My article 'China's socialist model outperforms capitalism’ established factually two key conclusions for global economic and social development. First, that the fastest growing economies since ...
Read More Comparison of Hong Kong and ‘poor whites’ in the US South
July 1st 2017 was the 20th anniversary of the correction of one of the great crimes against China and of one of the dirtiest episodes ...
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 China faces slower Western growth than in the Great Depression
Introduction - the situation in the global economy since 2008China is used, after repeated experiences, to the ‘China is in/about to enter a deep crisis/hard ...
Read More 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 ...
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 bashing’ is a disaster for the US people
The 2016 US Presidential election witnessed the greatest destabilisation in US politics since the Great Depression. This instability and dissatisfaction is rooted in an economic ...
Read More Why a US-China ‘Thucydides Trap’ can be avoided
Discussion of a supposed China-US ‘Thucydides trap’ is based on a sentence from ancient Greek historian Thucydides on the Athens-Sparta war of classical Greece: ...
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