主题:Can China’s Rise Continue?
主讲人:马萨诸塞州立大学阿姆赫斯特校区 David M. Kotz 教授
主持人:马克思主义经济学研究院、经济学院 李萍教授
时间:5月5日(周一下午)15:00—17:00
地点:通博楼B223会议室
主办单位:马克思主义经济学研究院、经济学院、科研处
主讲人简介:
加州大学伯克利分校经济学博士。曾任美利坚大学教授。马萨诸塞州立大学阿姆赫斯特校区经济系和上海财经大学教授。
1975年在加州大学伯克利分校获得经济学博士学位,主要研究领域是比较经济体制、宏观经济学和马克思主义经济学。科茨教授曾任美利坚大学教授,目前,除了在马萨诸塞州立大学阿姆赫斯特校区经济系主讲马克思主义政治经济学外,还长期主管研究生工作,此外,科茨教授则主要在《每月评论》、《激进经济学评论》、《科学与社会》、《反思马克思主义》以及《美元与常识》等杂志发表论文并出版专著《美国银行对大公司的控制》等,1991—1996年间,科茨教授潜心研究苏联解体问题,对第三世界国家很有感情,与弗雷德·威尔(Fred Weir)合著的《来自上层的革命——苏联体制的终结》(曹荣湘等译,中国人民大学出版社,2002年版)一书在苏联研究领域引起了很大反响,他在中国知识界的影响曾被与斯蒂格利茨(Stiglitz Joseph E.)相提并论。科茨教授最近的工作主要集中于当代俄罗斯的社会经济制度研究、新自由主义理论和政策批判和社会主义计划等领域。
主讲内容:
China has had some 35 years of very rapid economic development since 1978, following a strategy of gradual transition to a market economy. However, some scholars have recently argued that post-Soviet Russia handled transition to the market the right way while China has done it the wrong way. These scholars argue that rapid transition to the market was the best strategy and that Russia is in a better position than China now as a result of its rapid transition.
The lecture presents evidence of the severe economic problems that resulted from post-Soviet Russia’s rapid transition to the market and quick privatization of enterprises. It examines the gradual policy followed in China under the reform and opening, with a combination of plan and market and a mixture of state and private ownership of enterprises. It explains why that policy has led to good macroeconomic performance.
The lecture considers problems that are now facing China’s development model, including high and rising inequality and high dependence on investment for economic growth. These problems represent threats to China’s continuing rise. It evaluates various proposals for resolving these problems .