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person1960s–

Arthur Kroeber

Disciplines:
economics
china
gavekal dragonomics
analysis

Summary

American China economist — founding partner of Gavekal Dragonomics, the leading independent China economic research firm — author of China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know — one of the most credible independent analysts of Chinese economic policy.

Core Contribution

Creates the most accessible rigorous account of China's economic development model — Kroeber's China's Economy provides a systematic account of how China actually grew (through gradualism, state capacity, and calibrated liberalization) rather than through conventional liberal economics prescriptions.

Notable Works & Achievements

China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know

Historical Influences

Barry Naughton Nicholas Lardy

Intellectual Lineage

Harvard Gavekal Dragonomics Beijing

Contemporaries & Peers

Michael Pettis George MagnusDerek Scissors

Minds Influenced

China economic analysis

Intellectual Posterity

Gavekal Dragonomics China's Economy

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