Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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China and the world series.
Episode 2 - China's economic system
Is it capitalist or communist? How does it differ from US or EU neoliberal capitalism? What has it achieved since the revolution in 1949? What are its flaws? What can we learn from it? What is the current economic strategy? How does it fit into the global economy? Who are the biggest Chinese corporations, how do private and state corporations differ, and what relationship do business elites have with political elites? What is the relationship between Chinese institutions and global capital?

Speakers:
-Ralf Ruckus, editor of gongchao.org and author of The Communist Road to Capitalism
-Joel Andreas, UCLA and author of Disenfranchised: The Rise and Fall of Industrial Citizenship in China
-Ho-Fung Hung, John Hopkins University and author ofThe China Boom: Why China will not rule the world
Moderator:
-Dong Yige, University of Buffalo

Apologies for the technical issue at the hour 50 minute mark. This was a full system wide glitch.