The other side of the coin to post-reform success is often pre-reform failure, and the policy lessons are found on both sides. The paper estimates how much of China's poverty rate around 1980--near the outset of Deng Xiaoping's pro-market reforms--is attributable to the prior Maoist regime....

This book brings together contributions from leading scholars around the world on the most relevant and pressing economic themes surrounding the UK-EU relationship. With contributions spanning from the UK's accession to the bloc to the aftermath of its decision to leave, the book explores key...