China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption by Yuen Yuen Ang

China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption

Yuen Yuen Ang

266 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics informative reflective slow-paced
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Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft,...

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