The Economist: State Capitalism: The Visible Hand
The Economist Publications (PUK Rights)
May 2012 · Penguin UK
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The Penguin Economist Special reports delve into the most pressing economic issues of the day: from national and global economies, to the impact of trade, industry and jobs. Written to be read on a long commute or in your lunch hour - be better informed in under an hour.
As Western liberalist capitalism flounders in the wake of global recession, state backed companies are slowly taking over.
The melding of the power of the state and the power of capitalism is on the rise. Prevalent in the emerging economies of China, Russia and Brazil, some of the world's most powerful companies are state owned.
The 13 biggest oil firms are government controlled. China Mobile has over 600million customers and the Emirates airlines is growing at 20% a year.
However, despite the numerous successes, Adrian Wooldridge urges caution. He asks whether it could easily survive if confronted with difficulty, criticises the embedded corruption and cronyism and asks whether a fair trading system is possible to maintain with government favoured business.
Slowly but surely, the invisible hand of the market is being usurped by the visible, often authoritarian, hand of state capitalism.
Sections include:
The visible hand
Something old, something new - a brief history of state capitalism
New masters of the universe - how state enterprise is spreading
Theme and variations - state capitalism is not all the same
Mixed bag - infrastructure and innovation
The world in their hands - state capitalism looks outward and inward
And the winner is - fatal flaws
As Western liberalist capitalism flounders in the wake of global recession, state backed companies are slowly taking over.
The melding of the power of the state and the power of capitalism is on the rise. Prevalent in the emerging economies of China, Russia and Brazil, some of the world's most powerful companies are state owned.
The 13 biggest oil firms are government controlled. China Mobile has over 600million customers and the Emirates airlines is growing at 20% a year.
However, despite the numerous successes, Adrian Wooldridge urges caution. He asks whether it could easily survive if confronted with difficulty, criticises the embedded corruption and cronyism and asks whether a fair trading system is possible to maintain with government favoured business.
Slowly but surely, the invisible hand of the market is being usurped by the visible, often authoritarian, hand of state capitalism.
Sections include:
The visible hand
Something old, something new - a brief history of state capitalism
New masters of the universe - how state enterprise is spreading
Theme and variations - state capitalism is not all the same
Mixed bag - infrastructure and innovation
The world in their hands - state capitalism looks outward and inward
And the winner is - fatal flaws
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About the author
Adrian Wooldridge is The Economist's management editor and writes the Schumpeter column. He was previously based in Washington, DC, as the Washington bureau chief where he also wrote the Lexington column. Previously he has been The Economist's West Coast correspondent, management correspondent and Britain correspondent. He is the co-author of The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalisation, Witch Doctors, a critical examination of management theory, and The Right Nation, a study of conservatism in America. His most recent book is Masters of Management: How the Business Gurus and their Ideas have Changed the World-for Better and for Worse.
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