Business of Economics, The year-2 Preface -- List of figures

Preface -- List of figures -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Modes of market creation and price regulation -- China's tradition of bureaucratic market participation : guanzi and the salt and iron debate -- From market to war economy and back : American price control during world war II and its aftermath -- Re-creating the economy through state commerce : price stabilization and the communist revolution -- China's market reform debate -- The starting point : price control in the maoist economy and the urge for reform -- Rehabilitating the market in theory and practice : Chinese economists

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Business of Economics, The year-2 Preface -- List of figuresJohn Kay has been described as the `most important business analyst in Britain bar none', and this book shows why. Here he combines common sense and rigorous economic thinking in a number of essays on business and economic issues the competitiveness of UK plc, the stakeholder economy, business strategy, and corporate personality. Kay is well known for his incisive and entertaining columns in the Financial Times (some of which are included here), his