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481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China?

Freakonomics Radio

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Is There Something Fundamentally Wrong With Your Analysis of China?

Ung argues that a lot of western scholars who write about china, including academic authors, have gotten their analysis at least partially wrong. In one professional letter describing my work, it was said that this person has the nerves to challenge aluminaries in the field. Ung: Social realities are not like machines. They are more like forest eco systems. So we need to have a different set of methological tools.

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