Chinas Economy, Arthur R. Kroeber
Chinas Economy, Arthur R. Kroeber
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China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know®

Author: Arthur R. Kroeber

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/24/2018


Synopsis

China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® is a concise introduction to the most astonishing economic growth story of the last three decades. In the 1980s China was an impoverished backwater, struggling to escape the political turmoil and economic mismanagement of the Mao era. Today it is the world's second biggest economy, the largest manufacturing and trading nation, the consumer of half the world's steel and coal, the biggest source of international tourists, and one of the most influential investors in developing countries from southeast Asia to Africa to Latin America.

China's growth has lifted 700 million people out of poverty. It has also created a monumental environmental mess, with smog-blanketed cities and carbon emissions that are a leading cause of climate change. Multinational companies make billions of dollars in profits in China each year, but traders around the world shudder at every gyration of the country's unruly stock markets. Most surprising of all, its capitalist economy is governed by an authoritarian Communist Party that shows no sign of loosening its grip.

How did China grow so fast for so long? Can it keep growing and still solve its problems of environmental damage, fast-rising debt and rampant corruption? How long can its vibrant economy co-exist with the repressive one-party state? What do China's changes mean for the rest of the world? China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® answers these questions in straightforward language that you don't need to be an economist to understand, but with a wealth of detail drawn from academic research, interviews with dozens of company executives and policy makers, and a quarter-century of personal experience. Whether you're doing business in China, negotiating with its government officials, or a student trying to navigate the complexities of this fascinating and diverse country, this is the one book that will tell you everything you need to know about how China works, where it came from and where it's going.

About Arthur R. Kroeber

Arthur R. Kroeber is founding partner of Gavekal Dragonomics, a China-focused economic research consultancy he established in Beijing in 2002 after fifteen years as a freelance financial journalist in Asia, and editor of its flagship publication China Economic Quarterly. He is also head of research at the firm's parent company Gavekal, where he advises financial, corporate and government clients on economic and political developments in China. Kroeber is a senior non-resident fellow of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy, adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China relations. He lives in Beijing and New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on January 13, 2017

For anyone interested in China's economy there are some good statistics and things to pull out of this but this guy's mainstream economic views are really irritating. I really don't understand how people can look around at what's going on in the world and continue to glorify things like development,......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on August 29, 2019

Accessible, well-written and broad, this book does a really good job covering what it says it will. As a general layperson interested in China, this was a great introduction to their economy, with sufficient depth to make me feel like I learned something. Kroeber challenged certain common ideas peop......more

Goodreads review by Carlos on January 14, 2020

Useful overview of China's economy. A bit overly pro-privatisation, but definitely worth a read for those with an interest in the topic.......more

Goodreads review by Sourav on April 26, 2022

This is the best book I have come across on China's economy. The author is well versed and has performed extensive research (both primary and secondary). His views seem unbiased and based on economic logic. This book could also be a great source for references. I would suggest this book for anyone l......more

Goodreads review by Jay on January 09, 2022

I’ve read a number of books and magazine articles about the Chinese economy and the future, as well as listening to many podcasts and news stories over the past few years. These sources tended to extremes when forecasting the future, and often offered wildly differing forecasts. Either China becomes......more