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Demystifying the Chinese economy / Justin Yifu Lin.
Author
Lin, Justin Yifu, 1952-
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English
Published/Created
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description
xvii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HC427 .L56 2012
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Economic development
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China
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History
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20th century
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Economic development
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China
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History
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21st century
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China
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Economic conditions
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1976-2000
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China
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Economic conditions
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Summary note
China was the largest and one of most advanced economies in the world before the eighteenth century, yet declined precipitately thereafter and degenerated into one of the world's poorest economies by the late nineteenth century. Despite generations' efforts for national rejuvenation, China did not reverse its fate until it introduced market-oriented reforms in 1979. Since then it has been the most dynamic economy in the world and is likely to regain its position as the world's largest economy before 2030. Based on economic analysis and personal reflection on policy debates, Justin Yifu Lin provides insightful answers to why China was so advanced in premodern times, what caused it to become so poor for almost two centuries, how it grew into a market economy, where its potential is for continuing dynamic growth and what further reforms are needed to complete the transition to a well-functioning, advanced market economy.
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"Translated from the original Chinese by Stephanie Wang with further updated and revisions by Francesca Yu Sang and Bruce Ross-Larson"--Page [v].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Opportunities and challenges in China's economic development
Why the scientific and industrial revolutions bypasses China
The great humiliation and the socialist revolution
The comparative advantage-defying, catching-up strategy and the traditional economic system
Enterprise viability and factor endowments
The comparative advantage-following development strategy
Rural reform and the three rural issues
Urban reform and the remaining issues
Reforming the state-owned enterprises
The financial reforms
Deflationary expansion and building a new socialist countryside
Improving the market system and promoting fairness and efficiency for harmonious development
Reflections on neoclassical theories.
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ISBN
9780521191807 ((hbk.))
0521191807 ((hbk.))
9780521181747 ((pbk.))
0521181747 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2011410827
OCLC
761368052
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