Many transition policies, based on neoclassical economics, failed in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and China …

Myrdal did not cover China in his Asian Drama. If he did, he would have been most likely pessimistic about China, as he … was about other Asian countries in his book. However, China has achieved miraculous growth since the transition from a … planned economy to a market economy at the end of 1978. This paper provides answers to the questions: Why was China trapped in …