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.
发自喀麦隆首都雅温得——对许多发展中国家而言,外国直接投资被视为非常积极正面的东西。跨国公司为东道国带来资金、技能,技术以及高道德标准。但也有人认为这些投资者不一定都是善意的:许多投资方被指责干预当地政治,污染环境,压榨劳动力以及进行其他非法活动。作为国外势力在政治,经济以及商业开发上都拥有历史的大陆,针对中国在非洲大陆投资的辩论尤为激烈。
中国怀疑论者中流行的所谓“新殖民主义流派”认为中国与非洲经济关系的本质是帝国统治。怀疑论者认为,中国专注于榨取最大的短期利润,很少考虑治理标准,更遑论东道国的长远发展目标。
另一些人认为,这种关系更多的是一个资本主义自由市场原则的简单作用,而不是剥削。因为根据资本主义自由市场原则,没有强势谈判地位的一方自当忍受严苛的条款。还有一些人持有一个更善意的观点:正如“非洲发展新伙伴计划”——一个谋求增强非洲国家国际关系的泛非组织——希望的那样,中非之间形成了合作关系。
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