Michael, a newcomer to your site, which I'm thoroughly enjoying. Have/will you do an article on how China combined being a totalitarian/authoritarian state but also increased productivity?
The convention within the profession has changed to Before Common Era (BCE) and Common Era (CE). I am not sure that I am entirely consistent in my writing, but I try…
Michael, a newcomer to your site, which I'm thoroughly enjoying. Have/will you do an article on how China combined being a totalitarian/authoritarian state but also increased productivity?
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Thanks for the comment, and I am glad that you enjoy my writing. I do not specifically address that question, but I do have a few articles on China:
https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/understanding-the-chinese-economic
https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/can-chinese-industrialization-strategy
I also have several articles on totalitarianism:
https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-totalitarian-ideologies
https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/descent-into-a-man-made-hell
https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/the-dangers-of-soft-totalitarianism
https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/radical-ideologies-feast-on-mental
Thanks, a lot of material to plough through. Post cold war, would you not class the invasion of Iraq in 2003 a predatory action by the US?
Not sure what that has to do with the topic of this article…
Yes, not directly relevant, more relevant to your over arching framework.
What happened to AC and BC?
The convention within the profession has changed to Before Common Era (BCE) and Common Era (CE). I am not sure that I am entirely consistent in my writing, but I try…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era#History_of_the_use_of_the_CE/BCE_abbreviation