Since the 1990s, Western companies have invested a fortune in the Chinese economy, and tens of thousands of Chinese students have studied in US and European universities or worked in Western companies. None of this made China more democratic, and now it is heading toward an economic showdown with the US.
argue that the strategy of economic engagement has failed to mitigate the Chinese regime’s behavior.
While Chicago School orthodoxy says that humans can’t beat markets, behavioral economists insist that it’s humans who make markets, which means that humans can strive to improve their functioning. Which claim you believe has important implications for both economic theory and financial regulation.
uses Nobel laureate Robert J. Shiller’s work to buttress the case for a behavioral approach to economics.
在马来西亚最近的选举中,反对党派表现出了自该国于1957年摆脱英国统治获得独立以来最强的态势,将执政联盟的议会多数席位削减到了不足三分之二。该国重获新生的民主何去何从还要看Anwar Ibrahim的作为。曾任副总理的他被前总理马哈蒂尔解职后又投入监狱。
Anwar最终能使反对派成为对民族阵线执政联盟的有效制衡,但他也明白这样做他永远当不了总理。毕竟,没有人期望反对派能够在可以预见的将来赢得足够席位组建政府。他可以让自己被所属的前党派,民族阵线的主导成员—联合马来民族组织(UMNO)重新招至麾下。
舆论界广泛认为UMNO此前曾与Anwar会谈。现在,它比以前的任何时候都更需要Anwar为其重塑公信力。而为了成为总理,Anwar也需要UMNO。
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