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Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India
Pranab Bardhan
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Description for Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India
Paperback. The economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention - and justifiably so. The author scrutinizes the phenomenal rise of both nations, and demolishes the myths that have accumulated around the economic achievements of these two giants over the years. Num Pages: 192 pages, 13 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; KCG; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected to represent a full third of the world's income by 2025. Yet, many of the views regarding China and India's market reforms and high growth have been tendentious, exaggerated, or oversimplified. Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay scrutinizes the phenomenal rise of both nations, and demolishes the myths that have accumulated around the economic achievements of these two giants in the last quarter century. Exploring the challenges that both countries ... Read more
The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected to represent a full third of the world's income by 2025. Yet, many of the views regarding China and India's market reforms and high growth have been tendentious, exaggerated, or oversimplified. Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay scrutinizes the phenomenal rise of both nations, and demolishes the myths that have accumulated around the economic achievements of these two giants in the last quarter century. Exploring the challenges that both countries ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
307g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691156408
SKU
V9780691156408
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About Pranab Bardhan
Pranab Bardhan is professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation.
Reviews for Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India
"[E]xcellent... Bardhan writes with remarkable clarity about complex issues, such as the widely varying ways that corruption can affect the economy, and the positive as well as negative legacy of the Maoist era for China in terms of its recent trajectory... He also shows some welcome stylistic flair, quoting poetry to good effect in one section (how often do economists ... Read more