China
A state-directed economy where the banking system, land sales and local-government finance are policy instruments rather than markets, so political access matters more to returns than reported accounts.
9 books · 1 people behind it
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- China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to KnowArthur R. Kroeber, 2016
- How Asia WorksJoe Studwell, 2013
- Red CapitalismCarl E. Walter, Fraser J. T. Howie, 2011
The people behind it 1
Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.
Journalists 1
Books 9
Joe Studwell · 2013 · Land reform, export discipline and financial repression as the growth recipe.
Carl E. Walter, Fraser J. T. Howie · 2011 · How the state banks, bond market and IPO machine are actually wired.
Nicholas R. Lardy · 2014 · The case that private firms drove the growth miracle.
Henry M. Paulson · 2015 · Former Treasury secretary on negotiating with China's state and firms
Arthur R. Kroeber · 2016 · The best single-volume orientation for a newcomer to the market.
Nicholas R. Lardy · 2019 · The same author documenting the reversal towards state control.
T2 Red Roulette
Desmond Shum · 2021 · Insider account of doing deals through Party patronage, and losing everything.
Joe Studwell · 2002 · The recurring foreign delusion about the size of the China opportunity.
Dinny McMahon · 2018 · Local-government financing vehicles, shadow banking and the property build-out.