China and the West : Crossroads of Civilisation.
Capitalist globalisation since the 1980s has produced immense benefits in terms of technical progress, poverty reduction and welfare improvement. However, it has been accompanied by profound contradictions, including ecological destruction, global warming, inequality, concentration of business power...
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2018.
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| Series: | Routledge studies on the Chinese economy.
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| Summary: | Capitalist globalisation since the 1980s has produced immense benefits in terms of technical progress, poverty reduction and welfare improvement. However, it has been accompanied by profound contradictions, including ecological destruction, global warming, inequality, concentration of business power, and financial instability. Regulation of global political economy in the interests of the majority of the world's population is essential if the human species is to avoid a Darwinian catastrophe. This book explores China's rich history of regulating the market in the interests of the mass of the population. For over two thousand years the Chinese bureaucracy has sought pragmatically to find a Way in which to integrate the 'invisible hand' of market forces with the 'visible hand' of ethically guided government regulation. Instead of seeking confrontation with China, citizens and politicians in the West need to deepen their understanding of the contribution that China can make to globally sustainable development in the decades and centuries ahead. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780429840449 0429840446 9780429452680 0429452683 9780429840432 0429840438 9780429840425 042984042X 1138321281 9781138321281 1138331880 9781138331884 |