It is widely recognized in Chinese policy-making circles that the World Bank made a significant contribution to the country s enterprise reform in the 1980s. A major contribution consisted of bringing eminent international scholars and policy-makers to China, and in sending leading Chinese...

1. Making a choice under pressure -- 2. Detrimental effects of redundancy -- 3. Breakdown of natural resources -- 4. The economy of waste -- 5. Humans and entropy -- 6. Making a fresh start -- 7. Engel's law -- 8. The principle of equivalence -- 9. Overcoming barriers -- 10. A blueprint for...