China is following the playbook of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and similar countries. The all used window guidance to quickly grow targeted industries, which actually worked very well. All of them are wealthy countries today. However that dependence on how good the window guidance is. They take on a lot of debt to invest and it only works as long as the investment is actually smart. If not the debt increases and that causes massive problems down the line. So it creates a bubble and when it pops it hurts badly. After decades of growth those bubbles probably are nasty.
The PRC is Socialist and run by Marxist-Leninists, large firms and key industries are firmly in the public sector, while the private sector is largely cooperatives, sole proprietorships, and small firms. This is classically Marxist. I elaborate more on this here.
Marxist economics. The reason it’s applicable is because China’s strategy isn’t at all in the same suit as Japan, the ROK, Taiwan, etc. China’s Socialist economy is built on public ownership of large firms and key industries, not just “window guidance,” and China isn’t racking up debt to do it.
China is following the playbook of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and similar countries. The all used window guidance to quickly grow targeted industries, which actually worked very well. All of them are wealthy countries today. However that dependence on how good the window guidance is. They take on a lot of debt to invest and it only works as long as the investment is actually smart. If not the debt increases and that causes massive problems down the line. So it creates a bubble and when it pops it hurts badly. After decades of growth those bubbles probably are nasty.
What no theory does to a mf
What theory?
Political Economy, ie Marxism.
China isn’t Marxist so I’m confused wtf that has to do with anything.
The PRC is Socialist and run by Marxist-Leninists, large firms and key industries are firmly in the public sector, while the private sector is largely cooperatives, sole proprietorships, and small firms. This is classically Marxist. I elaborate more on this here.
Specifically though, which part is relevant here?
Marxist economics. The reason it’s applicable is because China’s strategy isn’t at all in the same suit as Japan, the ROK, Taiwan, etc. China’s Socialist economy is built on public ownership of large firms and key industries, not just “window guidance,” and China isn’t racking up debt to do it.