Analysis

Analysis

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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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China faces slower Western growth than in the Great Depression

Introduction - the situation in the global economy since 2008​China is used, after repeated experiences, to the ‘China is in/about to enter a deep crisis/hard ...
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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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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 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 ...
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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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China’s GDP data destroys ‘hard landing’ myth again

China's latest economic dataChina's recently-published second quarter 2017 GDP data showed solid growth in regard to all key indicators. Year-on-year:• GDP rose 6.9 percent;• Industrial ...
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