The UP Asian Center will host the webinar, “China’s Economy in Long-term Perspective” on 21 November 2023, 9 AM, GMT+8 (20 November 2023, 8 PM, EST), via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
ABOUT THE EVENT
China’s astonishing post-1978 economic boom is a major episode in world economic history. With per capita income now in the range of one quarter to one-third of the U.S. level, China faces ample opportunity for continued rapid growth, particularly since rising levels of education and technological capability provide new opportunities for development. Why, then, the recent economic slowdown? Among multiple influences – debt problems, a price structure that limits employment growth, and the continuing impact of Soviet legacies - the surprising revival of Mao-era economic policies stands out. China’s recent retreat from domestic and international economic openness, arrangements that promoted decades of massive economic advance, has slowed growth to a crawl. In the absence of major policy shifts, China’s growth prospects reflect the outcome of two opposing forces: the extraordinary entrepreneurial/commercial acumen of China’s populace and the drag arising from a suffocating array of economic policies.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
PROFESSOR THOMAS G. RAWSKI
Thomas G. Rawski is an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on the development and modern history of China’s economy. His recent publications include “China’s Great Boom as a Historical Process,” (with Loren Brandt) in The Cambridge Economic History of China (Cambridge University Press, 2022); Policy, Regulation and Innovation in China’s Electricity and Telecom Industries (2019, co-edited with Brandt); “From Divergence to Convergence: Reexamining the History behind China’s Economic Boom” (with Brandt and Debin Ma), Journal of Economic Literature (2014); Tales from the Development Frontier (with 3 co-authors; World Bank, 2013); and China’s Great Economic Transformation (co-edited with Brandt; 2008).
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