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The Chinese Alternative

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  • Nuti, Domenico Mario

    (Sapienza University of Rome)

Abstract

The contemporary economic system developed by China in the last two decades, supremely successful in achieving economic growth, defies traditional classification. It has been variously defined as socialist (by Chinese leaders), capitalist (Kornai), state socialist (Coase and Wang), political capitalism (Milanovic), a unique system with features of both socialism and capitalism not conforming to either system (Kolodko). This essay seeks to support, substantiate and develop Kolodko’s notion of the uniquess of China, while expressing greater pessimism than Kolodko about the economic, social and political sustainability of that system, its merits as a beneficial engine of globalisation and growth, and its exportability to other countries in the developed West.

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  • Nuti, Domenico Mario, 2019. "The Chinese Alternative," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 69(supplemen), pages 31-47, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:aoecon:v:69:y:2019:i:supplement1:p:31-47
    Note: I am grateful to Grzegorz Kolodko, Branko Milanovic and Vladimir Popov for useful comments and suggestions on an earlier draft, while I take full responsibility for any residual error or omission.
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    1. Péter Mihályi & Iván Szelényi, 2021. "Kornai on the affinity of systems: Is China today an illiberal capitalist system or a communist dictatorship?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 187(1), pages 197-216, April.

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    Keywords

    Contemporary China; comparative economic systems; economic growth; globalisation; sustainability; inequality;
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    JEL classification:

    • N15 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Asia including Middle East
    • P21 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform
    • P26 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Property Rights
    • P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
    • P51 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems

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