Countries ReviewCountries Review

JapanJapan

GovernanceMITITargeting

JapanJapan

Export DriveCreative ImitationDeming and ManufacturingProtection

JapanJapan

Savers/Social SecurityInvestmentBubble

JapanJapan

Asian CrisisDeflationConsumers

GermanyGermany

Soziale MarktwirtschaftSoziale MarktwirtschaftGovernanceGovernanceMitbestimmungMitbestimmungCo-DeterminationCo-Determination

GermanyGermany

WWII Defeat, Division, OccupationWWII Defeat, Division, OccupationGDR Planwirtschaft, Plan Failure, GDR Planwirtschaft, Plan Failure,

GorbachevGorbachev

GermanyGermany

Reunification andReunification andUnification of EuropeUnification of Europe

GermanyGermany

Leveraging reconstructionLeveraging reconstructionNew Economy LagNew Economy Lag

ChinaChina

Stagnation and corruptionStagnation and corruptionOpium WarsOpium WarsMao expels KuomintangMao expels Kuomintang

ChinaChina

Consolidation and IrrationalityConsolidation and IrrationalityGreat Leap ForwardGreat Leap ForwardDeng XiaopingDeng Xiaoping

ChinaChina

Cultural RevolutionCultural RevolutionDengDeng

ChinaChina

Deng and pragmatism (“catching the Deng and pragmatism (“catching the mice”)mice”)

AgricultureAgriculture

ChinaChina

Industry/Special Economic ZonesIndustry/Special Economic ZonesOpenness to World EconomyOpenness to World Economy

ChinaChina

Tiananman SquareTiananman SquarePhasing out SOEsPhasing out SOEsMaintaining ControlMaintaining Control

The Soviet Union and RussiaThe Soviet Union and Russia

Lenin and the Development DiseaseLenin and the Development DiseaseConsolidationConsolidation

The Soviet Union and RussiaThe Soviet Union and Russia

Stalin, collectivization, electrification, Stalin, collectivization, electrification, andand

Planned industrializationPlanned industrialization

The Soviet Union and RussiaThe Soviet Union and Russia

Purges and powerPurges and powerKhruschev and liberalizationKhruschev and liberalization

The Soviet Union and RussiaThe Soviet Union and Russia

Reform cycles and plan failureReform cycles and plan failureWhy did they plan?Why did they plan?

The Soviet Union and RussiaThe Soviet Union and Russia

Gorbachev’s Gorbachev’s glasnost’, perestroyka, glasnost’, perestroyka, and democratizationand democratization

Party eliminated, people empoweredParty eliminated, people empoweredUSSR eliminatedUSSR eliminated

The Soviet Union and RussiaThe Soviet Union and Russia

Yeltsin. Corrupt fight against Yeltsin. Corrupt fight against communistscommunists

Reform falls shortReform falls short

The Soviet Union and RussiaThe Soviet Union and Russia

Putin’s transitionPutin’s transitionThe sectors: I. Moribund Industry, The sectors: I. Moribund Industry,

(Do Russians love to barter?)(Do Russians love to barter?)

The Soviet Union and RussiaThe Soviet Union and Russia

II. Stalled Agricultural Privatization and II. Stalled Agricultural Privatization and Private Gardening, Private Gardening,

III. Oil and Raw Materials, III. Oil and Raw Materials,

IV. Nascent New MarketIV. Nascent New Market