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Back to the future

Posted July 25, 2019 • 00:13:03

In the final episode of this series, Andrew Harris and Erik Britton look to the future and ask where China might go from here.

While China’s official GDP statistics are remarkably smooth, Fathom’s China Momentum Indicator paints a different picture, showing pronounced slowdown in 2015. Andrew Harris, Laura Eaton and Joanna Davies explore what this meant for China’s economy and how policymakers responded.

China, ready for a diet?

Posted July 18, 2019 • 00:07:52

Deng Xiaoping's growth model has served China well since the seventies but is ultimately unsustainable. Andrew Harris and Joanna Davies explore China's attempts to rebalance its economy and why it has yet to achieve this.

Does China challenge US hegemony?

Posted July 16, 2019 • 00:13:20

The US has been the leading economic power since the early part of the 20th century. In this episode, host Andrew Harris is joined by Kevin Loane and Florian Baier to explore whether China is at last in a position to challenge American dominance of the global economy.

Digging your way out of a hole

Posted July 11, 2019 • 00:09:11

Even in China, growth slows from time to time. Host Andrew Harris is joined by China specialist Laura Eaton to discuss how policymakers have reacted and why they may just be building greater problems for the future.