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Reading Michael Pettis: "Common Prosperity" vs. "Dual Circulation" [Ep. 133, Macropiece Theater]

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The Dual Circulation Model and China's Development Success

Chinese leaders recognize that the country's reliance on high savings to fund high investment no longer made sense. In theory it would be possible to accomplish this by shifting a huge amount of investment with low or negative economic returns into highly productive sectors but Beijing has been trying unsuccessfully to do this for years. Chinese policymakers largely recognize that China must transform its growth model into one in which the consumption share of GDP rises substantially. But they have failed to present a coherent alternative to explain what I mean.

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