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China

Inequality in China, India and America: Causes and Consequences

Featuring Steven Durlauf, Xiao Geng, John McArthur, Sanjay Reddy, and Joe Stiglitz

Apr 5, 2013 | 05:15—06:45
Inequality in Asia: The Local Effects of Global Capitalism

Featuring Vamsi Vakulabharanam and Perry G. Mehrling

Feb 16, 2012

Inequality did not increase during the early stages of economic development in Japan and the East Asian Tigers. But in India and China it did. Why is that?
The Architecture of Asia: Financial Structure and an Emerging Economic System

Featuring Charles Dallara, Yasheng Huang, Y. Venugopal Reddy, and Joe Stiglitz

Apr 9, 2011 | 11:45—01:35
China vs. the Washington Consensus

By Adair Turner

Nov 13, 2017

The 2008 financial crisis was a shock to faith in entirely free financial markets. But the neoliberal assumptions underlying the previously dominant “Washington Consensus” continue to inform much Western commentary on China’s economy.