Archive for December 8th, 2008
Yasheng Huang is a Pick of the Pile
Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics is Huang’s analysis of entrepreneurship in China. It argues that China’s amazing economic growth was accompanied by a tightening of government control over what had previously been a thriving entrepreneurial culture in rural areas.
The Economist named Huang’s work among 2008’s best books. Why? Because it
[c]onvincingly overturns the usual analyses of the [...]
I Have a Very Cool Employer
Admittedly, there is some disconnect between myself, sitting at a desk in downtown New York City, and the tranquil, idyllic spires of Cambridge University. Cambridge University Press is a small part of the goings-on at the University. Having studied there, I have a stronger connection than many of my co-workers, who have never visited.
Even so, [...]
