China at the CrossroadsISBN: 978-0-7456-3239-1
Paperback
224 pages
November 2003, Polity
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"Peter Nolan has produced a bold, readable and fast-paced work
which asks large and important questions. He begins with a
brilliant sketch of post-Mao China's enormous achievements and
extraordinary challenges. After presenting the path of
neo-liberalism as no solution for China, Nolan powerfully depicts
the lasting lessons of the unique and glorious successes that were
China's in the ages before the rise of Europe. He concludes with an
innovative and insightful argument that, properly understood, the
way ahead for China lies in synthesizing and building on the best
in ethical thinking and economic analysis shared by Confucius and
Adam Smith. Nolan has produced a mind-expanding tour de force."
Edward Friedman, University of Winsconsin
"This is an important book written in the tradition of The
Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Rare in the
political economy literature, it is simultaneously sweeping and
detailed, rigorous and moving." Lin Chun, Asia Research Centre,
London School of Economics
"This is a very readable book, full of interesting historical information on China, extensive literature refrences to works by Confucius, Marco Polo and Adam Smith (to mention but a few) and wise comments on the direction China should take at this critical juncture." Piiter Bottelier, Johns Hopkins University