Sean and Angela discuss Isabella M. Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy”, Dengist Reforms, the importance of heavy industry, price controls, and more in a two part episode.

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How China Escaped Shock Therapy:

https://www.powells.com/book/how-china-escaped-shock-therapy-the-market-reform-debate-9781032008493

Godfather of the Kremlin:

https://www.powells.com/book/godfather-of-the-kremlin-boris-berezovssky-the-looting-of-russia-9780151006212

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