Episode 16: Is "selectocracy" the secret to China's economic success?

Development economist Professor Yang Yao of Peking University argues that China's "selectocracy", its system of appointing political leaders from the Chinese Communist Party and their civil service, has been the major driver of an economic miracle that's lasted four decades and counting.

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