China's Transition to a Capitalist Economy

If we ignore the flagrant human rights abuses, there’s a lot to admire about China. There economy has grown at an incredibly rate whilst the West has been stagnating. So, what’s their secret? Phil quotes Mervyn King, former BoE governor, who spoke to a Chinese central banker and asked that very question. Here what he said, and what Steve Keen thinks is behind China’s growth, in this week’s podcast. 

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