Fri Sep 03 2021

<p>How much credit can the CCP claim post-1949 for the higher level of human development relative to the level of visible capital in China? To discuss, historian <a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/'" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adam Tooze</a> and Matt Klein of <a href="https://theovershoot.co/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Overshoot</a> come for their third ChinaTalk appearance. We go back to the oft-forgotten hyperinflation of the 1940s to why in the 80s the World Bank believed a little bit of policy tinkering would lead China’s economy to skyrocket.</p><br><p><strong>Please consider supporting ChinaTalk at </strong><a href="https://patreon.com/chinatalk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://patreon.com/chinatalk</strong></a><strong> for an ad-free feed!</strong></p><br><p>For a transcript and links to the stuff we talked about, check out the newsletter at https://chinatalk.substack.com/</p><br><p>Wanna cohost a ChinaTalk ep...