Nicholas R. Lardy’s <em>The State Strikes Back: The End of Economic Reform in China?</em>

Nicholas R. Lardy's The State Strikes Back: The End of Economic Reform in China?

by Kenneth Pomeranz, Yuen Yuen Ang, Loren Brandt, and Nicholas R. Lardy
October 30, 2019

In The State Strikes Back: The End of Economic Reform in China? Nicholas Lardy makes a case for China’s future growth prospects if China can avoid resurgent state dominance in its economy. In their review essays, Kenneth Pomeranz, Yuen Yuen Ang, and Loren Brandt evaluate this argument and possible complications, with a response essay from author Nicholas Lardy.

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Yuen Yuen Ang

China’s Productivity Problem

Loren Brandt

Author’s Response: Assessing China’s Potential Growth

Nicholas R. Lardy


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