Interpreting China's Economy

Pt. 1. Economic development. 1. Entrepreneurship propelling economic changes in China. 2. China's economic reform : Retrospect and prospect. 3. Review of China's economic development in the 20 years since 1989. 4. How has the Chinese government changed since the 1980s? 5. Why China's economy has grown so rapidly. 6. China's history and its human capital. 7. China's GDP to exceed the US GDP in 2020 : A re-estimation of the forecast. 8. From receiving foreign investment to investing abroad. 9. From learning to innovating in science, technology and education. 10. How will the Chinese society continue to improve? -- pt. 2. Economic analysis. 11. A first lesson in microeconomics : Demand for education in China. 12. Supply and demand for healthcare in China. 13. Is the price of urban housing in China determined by market forces? 14. A lesson in macroeconomics : The determination of consumption and investment. 15. Exchange rate, money supply and the overheating of the Chinese macroeconomy. 16. Using Friedman's theory to explain inflation and the overheating of the Chinese macroeconomy. 17. Should China revalue its RMB : Email exchanges between Gregory Chow and Ronald McKinnon. 18. How are prices of stocks in China determined? 19. How are stock price movements in the Shanghai and New York Stock exchanges related? 20. Misunderstanding of China in the Western press. 21. Are Chinese official statistics reliable? 22. Will China experience serious inflation? 23. How to put "seek truth from facts" into practice -- pt. 3. Economic policy. 24. From economic research to social change. 25. Has China solved its population problem? 26. The problem of rural poverty in China. 27. Why is healthcare in China so expensive? 28. How to solve the problem of income inequality. 29. Can we understand corruption using tools of economics? 30. How to improve the regulation of industrial pollution in China. 31. China's successful experiences in solving energy and environmental problems. 32. A proposal to regulate CO[symbol] emissions through the United Nations -- pt. 4. Thoughts about the American economy. 33. Milton Friedman - as a scholar, as a person - and China. 34. How are American universities different from the Chinese? 35. What you need to know to apply to elite American universities. 36. The financial crisis and the world economy. 37. What are the shortcomings of the American financial system? 38. What is the nature of the American financial crisis? 39. Why was Obama elected President of the United States? 40. How will Obama set his policies for economic recovery? 41. Should the American government bailout the automobile industry? 42. The excitement of Obama's inauguration. 43. Are Obama's economic policies essentially correct? 44. The serious problems facing Obama